Re: [Gen-art] Gen-ART LC review of draft-leiba-5322upd-from-group-06

Ned Freed <ned.freed@mrochek.com> Thu, 18 October 2012 00:55 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Gen-art] Gen-ART LC review of draft-leiba-5322upd-from-group-06
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> >> Channeling my inner Maslow, I see the present text as best, an additional
> >> sentence or two as next best, a sentence and a cite to the downgrade doc
> >> next in line, and including actual EAI examples in this doc as the worst
> >> choice.
> >
> > The problem I have with the current text is that it says 'what' motivated
> > the change, but not how it is useful for the intended class of uses.  The
> > reader is left entirely to guess.

> So, is it better to put in a sentence about representing non-ASCII
> text in the group name without including a replyable address?

> Or is it better to remove the notation about the EAI use case, and
> just say that it's stupid to have the restriction, so we're removing
> it?

If the alternative is to dig into EAI in any depth at all, the latter is far
preferable.

				Ned