New 2606bis draft (was: IESG approval status of rfc2821bis)

"Frank Ellermann" <nobody@xyzzy.claranet.de> Fri, 06 June 2008 05:08 UTC

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From: Frank Ellermann <nobody@xyzzy.claranet.de>
Subject: New 2606bis draft (was: IESG approval status of rfc2821bis)
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:09:40 +0200
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> John C. Klensin wrote:

>> initiate an update to 2606 that changes "can be used" into
>> "MUST be used unless the IESG grants a waiver".

> ...yes, adding it elsewhere (idnits, idguidelines) can then
> simply follow when the editors of these tools / documents want
> it.

Meanwhile a 2606bis draft is available at the usual places:
<http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ellermann-idnabis-test-tlds>

Ignoring unrelated points this upper cases RECOMMENDED adding
a normative RFC 2119 refererence for the key word.

 Frank