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Re: [ietf-dkim] Re: Use of LWSP in ABNF -- consensus call

Dave Crocker <dhc2@dcrocker.net> Thu, 17 May 2007 21:16 UTC

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Sam,

> Ultimately cases like this should be evaluated based on whether the
> final result is more clear overall.


What about protecting the installed base for the existing spec?

In other words, your "based on" contains a single criterion, for an 
environment that typically requires multiple.  And the current situation is 
certainly one of those.

Changing the specification makes sense when it does not yet have much 
momentum, or when the problem is basic and severe.

For technology that has been in widespread use for 10-30 years, and an 
extremely small number of problem reports, changing the specification looks 
like exactly the wrong decision.


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   Dave Crocker
   Brandenburg InternetWorking
   bbiw.net

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