Eszett and IDNAv2 vs IDNA2008

[Vint Cerf]

If there is a formal re-chartering process that doesn't require BOF,  
I'm happy to follow that process. I hope we don't have to go there in  
any event but that's for the WG to decide.

Vint Cerf
Google
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vint at google.com




On Mar 20, 2009, at 9:47 AM, Ebw wrote:

> Vint,
>
> Lots of working groups recharter.
>
> I'm not advocating, but the process step in your earlier mail (to BoF)
> surprised me.
>
> Eric
>
> Sent from my iPhone, painfully.
>
> On Mar 20, 2009, at 8:37 AM, Vint Cerf <vint at google.com> wrote:
>
>> Simon perhaps we are not too far apart. Re-charter, as I understand
>> it, would involve the same kind of community consensus building  
>> that a
>> BOF does.
>>
>> Before we come to the conclusion that we need new prefix, new
>> charters, etc, I would sure like to have an assessment of the
>> implications of adopting the present specifications. We already know
>> there are some backward incompatibilities and I believe this was
>> understood going into the WG in the first place. The question is how
>> these can be addressed and whether the solutions are considered
>> acceptable.
>>
>> v
>>
>> Vint Cerf
>> Google
>> 1818 Library Street, Suite 400
>> Reston, VA 20190
>> 202-370-5637
>> vint at google.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mar 20, 2009, at 9:28 AM, Simon Josefsson wrote:
>>
>>> Vint Cerf <vint at google.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Folks,
>>>>
>>>> introduction of a new prefix at this late stage strikes me as a  
>>>> non-
>>>> starter. It is proving hard enough to deal with the issues on the
>>>> table associated with the xn-- prefix. What we need to do is to
>>>> evaluate essentially the present IDNA2008 specification and
>>>> understand
>>>> implications and transition issues associated with its  
>>>> introduction.
>>>
>>> I agree, but maybe for different reasons.
>>>
>>> If the IDNA2008 protocol introduces backwards incompatible changes
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