Re: [DNSOP] Spencer Dawkins' No Objection on draft-ietf-dnsop-attrleaf-13: (with COMMENT)

Paul Vixie <paul@redbarn.org> Wed, 10 October 2018 20:38 UTC

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Subject: Re: [DNSOP] Spencer Dawkins' No Objection on draft-ietf-dnsop-attrleaf-13: (with COMMENT)
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Dave Crocker wrote:
...
> which I believe is fully clear, given that there does not appear to me
> to be any candidate for intepreting 'one' other than 'resource record
> type', but worse, making the change you suggest would produce:
>
> DNS data semantics have been limited to the specification of particular
> resource record types, on the expectation that new resource record types
> would be added as needed. Unfortunately, the addition of new resource
> record types has proven extremely challenging, over the life of the DNS,
> with significant adoption and use barriers.

i can live with that.

>
> which is one heck of a lot of "resource record types" in the same, short
> paragraph.

truth hurts.

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P Vixie