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

[Debbie Garside]

Patrik wrote:

> If you find some favorite codepoint being in NEVER changing 
> to ALWAYS, you of course want to start using it. But, when 
> you do, you might find hundreds if not thousands of 
> applications and computers will not be updated for years and 
> years, and during that time still reject your domain name.

But if applications are designed to update their systems from a Registry of
ALWAYS codepoints for the particular script this surely wouldn't happen?
Any pointers to further documentation that explains all this would be
gratefully received.

Best regards

Debbie  
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrik Fältström [mailto:patrik at frobbit.se] 
> Sent: 19 June 2007 21:56
> To: Debbie Garside
> Cc: mark.davis at icu-project.org; 'Harald Tveit Alvestrand'; 
> idna-update at alvestrand.no
> Subject: Re: New version, 
> draft-faltstrom-idnabis-tables-02.txt, available
> 
> On 19 jun 2007, at 22.39, Debbie Garside wrote:
> 
> > 1.  When you refer to script are you talking about Unicode 
> Script or 
> > ISO
> > 15924 Script or are they one and the same?  Define the use 
> of script 
> > here please.
> 
> I talk about Unicode Script.
> 
> > 2.  I can see the reason for not having an ALWAYS become a 
> NEVER but 
> > surely there is no reason for the vice versa if future applications 
> > can deal with what was a NEVER it could become an ALWAYS. Or?
> 
> If you find some favorite codepoint being in NEVER changing 
> to ALWAYS, you of course want to start using it. But, when 
> you do, you might find hundreds if not thousands of 
> applications and computers will not be updated for years and 
> years, and during that time still reject your domain name.
> 
> Not fun...
> 
>     Patrik
> 
> 
>