> It is worth revisiting, dropping old cruft, entrenching UTF-8 support, and other areas. I certainly won't say anything against supporting UTF-8 absolutely ev

> It is worth revisiting, dropping old cruft, entrenching UTF-8 support, and other areas. I certainly won't say anything against supporting UTF-8 absolutely everywhere, but "dropping old cruft" is IME usually what people say right before dropping useful features or breaking platforms that are actively in use.