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Re: [I18ndir] draft-faltstrom-unicode and "outdated versions of Unicode" ... and the "review model" document

"Asmus Freytag (c)" <asmusf@ix.netcom.com> Sat, 16 March 2019 22:19 UTC

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Subject: Re: [I18ndir] draft-faltstrom-unicode and "outdated versions of Unicode" ... and the "review model" document
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On 3/16/2019 3:09 PM, Patrik Fältström wrote:
> On 16 Mar 2019, at 23:03, Asmus Freytag wrote:
>
>> The way Unicode works is that it releases the Unicode Character Database ahead of time for beta review. It is during this time (which now will occur relatively predictably on a yearly pattern for major versions) that the review of new characters and effect of potential property revisions should be performed.
>>
>> At the same time a set of "beta" IANA tables can be generated (draft update). These can be sent for review in IETF.
> FWIW, they *are* sent to me, and I do check them. I also do send feedback to Unicode Consortium.
>
> So the situation is not as bad as one might think when reading your note.


Patrik,

I was simply describing my understanding of the ideal state; glad to 
find reality is closer to it than I had imagined.

A./

>
>     Patrik

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