[MERGE] selftest fails if the committer name contains non-ASCII characters

[Ian Clatworthy]

Ian Clatworthy has voted approve.
Status is now: Approved
Comment:
I'll merge this.

For details, see: 
http://bundlebuggy.aaronbentley.com/request/%3C1187286621.20220.5.camel%40nemo%3E