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updated python, python-dev and python-idle (2.7.17 -> 2.7.18)
author | Hans-G?nter Theisgen |
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date | Fri Jul 01 15:56:11 2022 +0100 (24 months ago) |
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1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/perl-mime-base64/description.txt Fri Jul 01 15:56:11 2022 +0100 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ 1.4 +This module provides functions to encode and decode strings into and from 1.5 +the base64 encoding specified in RFC 2045 - MIME 1.6 +(Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions). 1.7 +The base64 encoding is designed to represent arbitrary sequences of octets 1.8 +in a form that need not be humanly readable. 1.9 +A 65-character subset ([A-Za-z0-9+/=]) of US-ASCII is used, enabling 6 bits 1.10 +to be represented per printable character.