diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ news
 - major code rewrites optimized codes for speed and memory usage
 - raw and diff downloads are now in git format
 - setup command checks for write access to given path
+- fixed many issues with international characters and unicode. It uses utf8
+  decode with replace to provide less errors even with non utf8 encoded strings
 
 fixes
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ requirements = [
         "Pylons==1.0.0",
         "WebHelpers>=1.2",
         "SQLAlchemy>=0.6.6",
-        "Mako==0.3.6",
+        "Mako>=0.4.0",
         "vcs>=0.2.0",
         "pygments>=1.4",
         "mercurial>=1.7.5",