[Bug 581215] Use UTF-8 as default encoding when reading streams

Bugzilla Link	581215
Status	NEW
Importance	P3 normal
Reported	Dec 13, 2022 08:52 EDT
Modified	Dec 13, 2022 09:12 EDT
Version	0.9.0
See also	Gerrit change 197667, Gerrit change 197668, Git commit 62939884, Git commit ec057574

Description

Currently we use the platform default when reading streams. On windows Java uses Cp1252 by default. As most input sources use UTF-8 nowadays we might switch to reading UTF-8 by default.