Re: [Dcrup] FW: IETF WG state changed for draft-ietf-dcrup-dkim-usage

["John Levine" <[e-mail]>]

In article <36659107.dMb7D4c16s@kitterma-e6430> you write:
>I updated the ABNF in the draft because I think if we are going to kill it, we 
>should kill it absolutely dead.  What is the benefit of retaining obsolete 
>features that are MUST NOT use in the ABNF?

Recognize them and ridicule people who are still using them?

On a slightly more pragmatic note, leaving them in the ABNF makes it
less likely that someone later will add something that conflicts.  I
realize that the chances of adding something else named sha1 are
pretty low, but who knows what strangeness may happen a decade from
now.


R's,
John