Support non UTF-8 environment variables

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Description

Contributor guide

Research direction

Look at the current environment variable handling in uhyve. Identify where UTF 8 encoding is assumed. Then design a way to support arbitrary byte sequences, potentially using Vec<u8> instead of String.

Tech stack

rust

Domain

operating systems

Issue type

Feature

DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.

2

Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.

1-3 hours

Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.

Fresh

ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.

Needs investigation

Prerequisites

Rust

Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.

45