Re: [idn] IDN rechartering rev 3

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

Paul Hoffman / IMC wrote:
> 
> At 12:12 PM -0600 11/1/01, Eric A. Hall wrote:
> >How does this realignment conform to the plurality of independent
> >voices on this list who have expressed a desire for a UTF-8 label
> >encoding?
> 
> There is no such plurality. There are a few people and one draft.

The list archives clearly show a larger number of statements along the
lines of ~"I support UTF-8" than statements of ~"ACE is the one true way"

> Some of the people who say they support UTF-8 don't support all of
> the draft. And there have been some deep flaws in the draft that have
> been repeatedly pointed out and ignored.

I'm not referring to any particular proposal.

There have been multiple proposals, which have had real and imagined
problems. There are also multiple proposals currently under development
which attempt to address these needs and the concerns. Terminating those
efforts without warning is at odds with the WG consensus as measured by
the above.

> --Paul Hoffman, Director
> --Internet Mail Consortium

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