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Python3.6 on XS8 does not have an all-encompassing default UTF-8 mode for I/O.

Newer Python versions have an UTF-8 mode that they even enable by default.
Python3.6 only enabled UTF-8 for I/O when an UTF-8 locale is used.
Newer Python versions have a UTF-8 mode that they even enable by default.
Python3.6 only enabled UTF-8 for I/O when a UTF-8 locale is used.
See below for more background info on the UTF-8 mode.

For situations where UTF-8 enabled, we have to specify UTF-8 explicitly.

Such sitation happens when LANG or LC_* variables are not set for UTF-8.
XAPI plugins like auto-cert-kit find themself in this situation.
This happens when LANG or LC_* variables are not set for UTF-8.
XAPI plugins like auto-cert-kit find themselves in this situation.

Example:
For reading UTF-8 files like the `pciids` file, add `encoding="utf-8"`.
This applies especailly to `open()` and `Popen()` when files my contain UTF-8.
This applies especially to `open()` and `Popen()` when files may contain UTF-8.

This also applies when en/decoding to/form `urllib` which uses bytes.
This also applies when en/decoding to/from `urllib` which uses bytes.
`urllib` has to use bytes as HTTP data can of course also be binary, e.g. compressed.

## Migrating `subprocess.Popen()`
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