Return-Path: Received: from murder ([unix socket]) by eikenes.alvestrand.no (Cyrus v2.2.8-Mandrake-RPM-2.2.8-4.2.101mdk) with LMTPA; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 05:33:42 +0200 X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.2 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by eikenes.alvestrand.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C48B61B43 for ; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 05:33:42 +0200 (CEST) Received: from eikenes.alvestrand.no ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (eikenes.alvestrand.no [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 08175-08 for ; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 05:33:40 +0200 (CEST) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.4.8 Received: from megatron.ietf.org (megatron.ietf.org [132.151.6.71]) by eikenes.alvestrand.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADCB861B05 for ; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 05:33:39 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([127.0.0.1] helo=megatron.ietf.org) by megatron.ietf.org with esmtp (Exim 4.32) id 1DtGva-0004EG-T0; Thu, 14 Jul 2005 23:31:54 -0400 Received: from odin.ietf.org ([132.151.1.176] helo=ietf.org) by megatron.ietf.org with esmtp (Exim 4.32) id 1DtGvX-00048b-FN for ltru@megatron.ietf.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2005 23:31:52 -0400 Received: from ietf-mx.ietf.org (ietf-mx [132.151.6.1]) by ietf.org (8.9.1a/8.9.1a) with ESMTP id XAA03774 for ; Thu, 14 Jul 2005 23:31:48 -0400 (EDT) Received: from montage.altserver.com ([63.247.74.122]) by ietf-mx.ietf.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DtHOH-0005Wb-6t for ltru@ietf.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 00:01:33 -0400 Received: from ver78-2-82-241-91-24.fbx.proxad.net ([82.241.91.24] helo=jfc.afrac.org) by montage.altserver.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.44) id 1DtGvU-0006pd-IB; Thu, 14 Jul 2005 20:31:48 -0700 Message-Id: <6.2.1.2.2.20050715045219.03eee490@mail.afrac.org> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.1.2 Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 05:01:57 +0200 To: Martin Duerst From: r&d afrac Subject: Re: [Ltru] Compatibility (Was: Last call: Private UseTags) In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.20.2.20050715105043.097bcd80@itmail.it.aoyama.ac.jp> References: <6.2.1.2.2.20050714140510.04536780@mail.afrac.org> <00a501c588a7$425f8780$7f1afea9@oemcomputer> <6.0.0.20.2.20050715105043.097bcd80@itmail.it.aoyama.ac.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - montage.altserver.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - ietf.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - afrac.org X-Scan-Signature: d6b246023072368de71562c0ab503126 Cc: ltru@ietf.org X-BeenThere: ltru@lists.ietf.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Language Tag Registry Update working group discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: ltru-bounces@lists.ietf.org Errors-To: ltru-bounces@lists.ietf.org X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at alvestrand.no On 04:01 15/07/2005, Martin Duerst said: >I might also want to point out that the 8-letters-per-subtag >restriction isn't a real limitation for somebody e.g. wanting >to include punycode. It suffices to add the additional convention >that there is a hyphen after every eight letters. As an example, >JFC could create a language tag like: >x-jfc-punycode-n8jaaaaa-i5bhf7as-8fsfk3jn-knefdde3-fg11amb5-gzdb4wi9-bya3kc6l-ra >(the actual data is from a real punycode example at >http://www.w3.org/2001/08/iri-test/; it doesn't make sense as a language >tag, but I hope it proves the point). Dear Martin, you see the impact when I quote this during the IESG Last Call, explaining it is to fight existing running code "x-1en:dictionary.com" jfc _______________________________________________ Ltru mailing list Ltru@lists.ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ltru