New version, draft-faltstrom-idnabis-tables-02.txt, available

Vint Cerf vint at google.com
Tue Jun 19 12:44:41 CEST 2007


Debbie,

By inference from Patrik's email, these would be scripts that have
characters whose properties have placed them in the ALWAYS category which
have an extremely low to zero probability of being moved later into the
NEVER category. 

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-----Original Message-----
From: idna-update-bounces at alvestrand.no
[mailto:idna-update-bounces at alvestrand.no] On Behalf Of Debbie Garside
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 5:17 AM
To: patrik at frobbit.se; 'Martin Duerst'
Cc: 'Harald Alvestrand'; 'Gervase Markham'; idna-update at alvestrand.no
Subject: RE: New version, draft-faltstrom-idnabis-tables-02.txt, available

Patrik wrote:

> Now give me names of other scripts that are as stable.

Can you define stable please?

Best regards

Debbie
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: idna-update-bounces at alvestrand.no 
> [mailto:idna-update-bounces at alvestrand.no] On Behalf Of Patrik 
> Fältström
> Sent: 19 June 2007 08:48
> To: Martin Duerst
> Cc: Harald Alvestrand; Gervase Markham; idna-update at alvestrand.no
> Subject: Re: New version,
> draft-faltstrom-idnabis-tables-02.txt, available
> 
> 
> On 19 jun 2007, at 04.45, Martin Duerst wrote:
> 
> > So you want somebody to say that there will be no more bugs
> in script
> > X, and then you can add script X to the list? And you want to base 
> > this on past number of bugs? Which way? If a lot of bugs have been 
> > found, that may be an indication that there are not too many more 
> > left. Or, if a lot of bugs have been found, that may be an
> indication
> > of more benig hidden.
> 
> I want someone to say what scripts they want there. I have together 
> with some people added Greek, Latin and Cyrillic. I have so far not 
> heard any other suggestions.
> 
> I think Harald (specifically, he even came up with a suggested use
> policy) and also John and also me, in different words, said that what 
> we (all of us, including you) do NOT want to happen is that something 
> that have ALWAYS end up getting the NEVER derived value. Or at least 
> minimize that risk. Moving things from ALWAYS to NEVER will definitely 
> create a situation where already registered domain names are no longer 
> valid. Etc etc.
> 
> Of course it MIGHT happen. Also with latin, greek and cyrillic. But I 
> personally see that risk very very very very small. Enough to have 
> latin, greek and cyrillic there.
> 
> Now give me names of other scripts that are as stable.
> 
>     Patrik
> 
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