Session request notification doesn't handle apostrophe correctly

[ietf-svn-bot]

owner:rcross type_defect | by [email protected]

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Example:

A new meeting session request has just been submitted by Karen
O'Donoghue, a chair of the jose working group.

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Issue migrated from trac:934 at 2022-03-04 02:41:15 +0000

[ietf-svn-bot]

@[email protected] commented

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This bug appears to still exist at
URL: https://svn.tools.ietf.org/svn/tools/ietfdb/branch/amsl/conversion/sec
Revision: 5796

(Am I checking the right branch?)

[ietf-svn-bot]

@[email protected] commented

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This would seem to be a problem with the ietf/utils/mail.py module. The Session Request app is calling send_mail() and passing a template and context. send_mail() in turn calls render_to_string which produces a string containing the HTML code &#39 for apostrophe.

[ajeanmahoney]

FYI, here are more details on what this bug looks like -- I checked this out with dt-main.dev.ietf.org by trying to request an interim session as Karen. The sandbox accepted the request and said that a meeting session request had been submitted (i.e., no errors). However, in the message that is emitted, the code ' is used in place of the apostrophe in Karen's name (see the Session Requester: line):

An interim meeting for jose has been approved or does not require approval and is ready for announcement.

Use this link to officially announce the meeting:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/interim/request/interim-2024-jose-01



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Working Group Name: Javascript Object Signing and Encryption
Area Name: Security Area
Session Requester: Karen O'Donoghue

Meeting Type: Virtual Meeting

Session 1:

Date: 2024-08-30
Start Time: 12:00 America/Vancouver
Duration: 01:00
Remote Participation Information: Remote participation information will be obtained at the time of approval
Agenda Note: testing https://github.com/ietf-tools/datatracker/issues/934

[jennifer-richards]

Closed by #8007