Fix unicode processing

Signed-off-by: Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>

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 			irker history 
 
+Repository head:
+  Fixed unicode processing
+
 2.1 @ 2013-11-26
   A performance improvement in the git repository hook.
   Documentation polishing.

irkerd

@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ class IRCServerConnection():
     def ship(self, string):
         "Ship a command to the server, appending CR/LF"
         try:
-            self.socket.send(string + b'\r\n')
+            self.socket.send(string.encode('utf-8') + b'\r\n')
             self.master.debug(2, "TO: %s" % string)
         except socket.error:
             self.disconnect("Connection reset by peer.")