Re: [idn] UTF-8 as the long-term IDN solution

[Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>]

> I suspect that we have consensus that the long-term IDN solution will
> encode Unicode characters as UTF-8 on the wire. I request that the WG
> chairs run a poll to see whether we have consensus.

I doubt that we have consensus that this is "the" long-term solution,
i.e. that UTF-8 will completely replace ACE in finite time.
(If/when it does happen, I expect it will happen because DNS itself 
is replaced...but I don't think we are even close to ready to touch that)

I suspect we are closer to consensus that we can have a way to 
use UTF-8 on the wire in DNS queries and responses.  Though I cannot 
justify it on a purely technical basis due to transition issues (it's 
hard to imagine the circumstances where a UTF-8 query will be more 
reliable than, and as fast as, an ACE query), to me it would be worth 
it to agree to define a UTF-8 query option if it allows us to move forward.

Keith