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Re: Use of LWSP in ABNF -- consensus call

Alexey Melnikov <alexey.melnikov@isode.com> Thu, 17 May 2007 15:58 UTC

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Lisa Dusseault wrote:

> The IESG reviewed <http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-crocker- 
> rfc4234bis-00.txt> for publication as Internet Standard and would  
> like to know if there is consensus to recommend against the use of  
> LWSP in future specifications, as it has caused problems recently in  
> DKIM and could cause problems in other places.
>
> Some discussion on this point already:
>  - http://www1.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf/current/msg46048.html
>  - http://www1.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/discuss/current/msg00463.html
>  - http://mipassoc.org/pipermail/ietf-dkim/2007q1/007295.html
>  - https://datatracker.ietf.org/public/pidtracker.cgi? 
> command=view_comment&id=66440  (in this tracker comment, Chris Newman  
> recommended to remove LWSP, but for backward-compatibility it's  
> probably better to keep it and recommend against use)

I think it would be better to keep LWSP and recommending against its 
use. Running grep on various RFCs shows that this production is 
referenced in several RFCs, even in some recent ones.

I don't object to Chris' idea to add FWS to the ABNF document.

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