Re: [idn] Why follow IDNA with UTF-8?

["Eric A. Hall" <ehall@ehsco.com>]

Paul Hoffman / IMC wrote:
> 
> At 10:09 AM -0500 7/15/01, Eric A. Hall wrote:
> >No, only until ACE can be deprecated. This will happen on a per-app
> >basis where it happens,
> 
> In the IETF, we are not in the habit of saying "features of an
> earlier version of this protocol that worked fine will be broken in
> this new version". Can you list the advantages to the end users that
> deprecating ACE will have?

For specific applications, there are natural benefits. Perhaps HTML v99
will say "all URLs must be UTF8" just so state doesn't have to be
maintained between browsers and servers.

> >  or with entirely new applications that avoid using ACE
> >altogether.
> 
> That's like saying "entirely new applications that avoid using the
> DNS altogether". Again, please list the advantages to the end user of
> creating a protocol that doesn't use the same DNS as the rest of the
> IETF protocols.

Not all applications come out of the IETF. Whose to say that something
won't use UTF8 solely? Maybe winsock v99 will only provide a wide API.

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