Re: [idn] pool deadline imminent

["David R. Conrad" <david.conrad@nominum.com>]

Keith,

At 07:09 PM 7/17/2001 -0400, Keith Moore wrote:
> > 2) Does "idealism" include wanting to simplify the system so one form of
> > presentation encoding is in use?
>if the operational need for backward compatibility is ignored, yes.

There are other operational needs beyond backwards compatibility.  One of 
these is providing useful functionality that meets market demands in a 
timeframe the market wants.

> > 3) What implements DUDE now?  What implements UTF-8 now?
>since nameprep is a necessary part of any UTF-8 scheme,

Nameprep has not, as far as I know, been necessary to implement UTF-8 in 
(say) an operating system, an MUA, a web browser, etc.

>nobody implements
>either one...or at least the number of deployed implementations are so
>small relative to the number of things that need to be upgraded that there
>is no practical difference in deployment.

I would think rewriting (say) the operating system, the MUA, the web 
browser, etc. to understand DUDE at the same level at current UTF-8 support 
would imply a difference in deployment.

Don't you worry about replicating the Coloured Book insanity?

Rgds,
-drc