Not changing the prefix

Andrew Sullivan ajs at shinkuro.com
Fri Feb 27 17:58:51 CET 2009


On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 07:58:12AM -0800, Erik van der Poel wrote:
> OK, but using a different prefix for all scripts and languages in
> IDNA2008 would just be silly. Why would we disrupt all of the scripts
> and languages that are served well by IDNA2003 and xn--?

If we were to adopt another prefix -- which, as I've said, we should
not do -- it would be because we changed the protocol and wanted to
signal that we'd done so.  If the protocol changes to a new version,
just because the pieces of it that you happen to be using aren't
affected, doesn't mean your protocol doesn't change too.

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Andrew Sullivan
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