All About Encoding &%$

[maelle]

Topic

cc @steffilazerte 😉

Who is the audience?

Who might want to know this? What other groups or organizations might be interested?

Package developers.

Why is this important?

Most people have been bitten by this at least once.

What should be covered?

• Basic stuff like https://kevinushey.github.io/blog/2018/02/21/string-encoding-and-r/
• the CRAN platform with a weird encoding
• Common trouble-shooting (adapting code, skipping tests)

Suggested speakers or contributors

Resources you would recommend to the audience