Re: [Idna-update] [Ext] FWD: Expiration impending: <draft-klensin-idna-rfc5891bis-01.txt>

Does the IAB know that, and have an opinion?

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Please excuse my clumbsy thums

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On March 5, 2018 14:38:48 Patrik Fältström <paf@frobbit.se> wrote:

> On 5 Mar 2018, at 20:15, Kim Davies wrote:
>
>> Quoting John C Klensin on Monday March 05, 2018:
>>
>>> Given that there has been no discussion of this draft in the
>>> last few months, that there seems to be no interest in it in the
>>> IESG (although we have not pressed hard on it specifically), and
>>> that the possibly-complementary
>>> draft-freytag-troublesome-characters draft has already expired,
>>> I'm just going to let this expire unless someone gives me a good
>>> reason why not in the next few minutes (if a revision is not
>>> posted today, the draft will expire because, without special
>>> permission, nothing can be posted between tomorrow and the start
>>> of IETF).
>>>
>>> I hope no one interprets this as complete lack of interest in
>>> pursuing IDN issues, or even clarification of the IDNA
>>> standards, in the IETF.
>>
>>
>> With the expiry of these efforts, I am concerned more generally that the 
>> standing IAB guidance in
>> https://www.iab.org/documents/correspondence-reports-documents/2015-2/iab-statement-on-identifiers-and-unicode-7-0-0/
>> has kept the pre-computed IDNA tables published at IANA downgraded to 
>> Unicode 6.3.0 for a number of years. It seems appropriate to revisit 
>> publishing tables against contemporary Unicode editions if there is no 
>> active work on publishing clarifying RFCs in this regard.
>
> Speaking as the by IAB appointed expert that do approve new tables, I 
> simply can not unless there are some guidance and agreement in the IETF on 
> how to move forward.
>
> The few people involved that spend time on these issues makes it hard to 
> draw conclusions on "the right path forward". This given the situation we 
> are in, as described by John.
>
>    Patrik
>
>
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