read_mime_types() should read the rule file using UTF-8, not the locale encoding

[serhiy-storchaka]

BPO	41048
Nosy	@vstinner, @ned-deily, @serhiy-storchaka, @srinivasreddy, @miss-islington
PRs	bpo-41048: mimetypes should read the rule file using UTF-8, not the locale encoding #20998 [3.9] bpo-41048: mimetypes should read the rule file using UTF-8, not the locale encoding (GH-20998) #21210 [3.8] bpo-41048: mimetypes should read the rule file using UTF-8, not the locale encoding (GH-20998) #21211 [3.7] bpo-41048: mimetypes should read the rule file using UTF-8, not the locale encoding (GH-20998). #21229

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assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2020-06-30.05:47:12.238>
created_at = <Date 2020-06-20.09:11:00.162>
labels = ['easy', 'type-bug', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', 'library']
title = 'read_mime_types() should read the rule file using UTF-8, not the locale encoding'
updated_at = <Date 2020-06-30.05:47:12.237>
user = 'https://github.com/serhiy-storchaka'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2020-06-30.05:47:12.237>
actor = 'ned.deily'
assignee = 'none'
closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2020-06-30.05:47:12.238>
closer = 'ned.deily'
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2020-06-20.09:11:00.162>
creator = 'serhiy.storchaka'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 41048
keywords = ['patch', 'easy']
message_count = 5.0
messages = ['371925', '372554', '372565', '372566', '372655']
nosy_count = 5.0
nosy_names = ['vstinner', 'ned.deily', 'serhiy.storchaka', 'thatiparthy', 'miss-islington']
pr_nums = ['20998', '21210', '21211', '21229']
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'fixed'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue41048'
versions = ['Python 3.8', 'Python 3.9', 'Python 3.10']

[serhiy-storchaka]

MimeTypes.read() read the rule file using UTF-8, but read_mime_types() uses the locale encoding.

It is an easy issue. You need just repeat bpo-13025 for read_mime_types().

[serhiy-storchaka]

New changeset 7f569c9 by Srinivas Reddy Thatiparthy (శ్రీనివాస్ రెడ్డి తాటిపర్తి) in branch 'master':
bpo-41048: mimetypes should read the rule file using UTF-8, not the locale encoding (GH-20998)
7f569c9

[miss-islington]

New changeset 9e36b6e by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.9':
bpo-41048: mimetypes should read the rule file using UTF-8, not the locale encoding (GH-20998)
9e36b6e

[miss-islington]

New changeset 7731139 by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.8':
bpo-41048: mimetypes should read the rule file using UTF-8, not the locale encoding (GH-20998)
7731139

[ned-deily]

Thanks for the PR! With the backports to 3.9 and 3.8 in place, I am assuming we can now close this issue.