> it's impossible to 100% reliably include non-ASCII filenames inside a zip. Yes, the spec does not accommodate this. However there are conventions among popul

> it's impossible to 100% reliably include non-ASCII filenames inside a zip. Yes, the spec does not accommodate this. However there are conventions among popular ZIP creation tools that allow it. If the zip spec were governed by an open body, then this is the kind of thing that would get quickly fixed. (basically standardize the common practice already in use). I don't know why PKWARE never fixed the spec. Maybe because there's no money in it for them, and the pain for the industry is really not that severe.