[Ltru] Re: Language tags in the future version of HTTP

Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@nic.fr> Fri, 30 November 2007 08:40 UTC

Return-path: <ltru-bounces@ietf.org>
Received: from [127.0.0.1] (helo=stiedprmman1.va.neustar.com) by megatron.ietf.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Iy1Q8-0006H0-Id; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:40:24 -0500
Received: from ltru by megatron.ietf.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Iy1Q7-00066u-3L for ltru-confirm+ok@megatron.ietf.org; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:40:23 -0500
Received: from [10.91.34.44] (helo=ietf-mx.ietf.org) by megatron.ietf.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Iy1Q6-00066V-PV for ltru@ietf.org; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:40:22 -0500
Received: from mx2.nic.fr ([192.134.4.11]) by ietf-mx.ietf.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Iy1Q5-0005rT-9U for ltru@ietf.org; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:40:22 -0500
Received: from mx2.nic.fr (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx2.nic.fr (Postfix) with SMTP id A97C51C0119; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:40:20 +0100 (CET)
Received: from relay2.nic.fr (relay2.nic.fr [192.134.4.163]) by mx2.nic.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id A49851C0074; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:40:20 +0100 (CET)
Received: from bortzmeyer.nic.fr (batilda.nic.fr [192.134.4.69]) by relay2.nic.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97EF058ECBE; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:40:20 +0100 (CET)
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:40:20 +0100
From: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@nic.fr>
To: John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>
Message-ID: <20071130084020.GA17644@nic.fr>
References: <20071129101709.GA25814@nic.fr> <20071129132111.GB32134@mercury.ccil.org>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <20071129132111.GB32134@mercury.ccil.org>
X-Operating-System: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
X-Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-5-686 i686
Organization: NIC France
X-URL: http://www.nic.fr/
User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11)
X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----)
X-Scan-Signature: d6b246023072368de71562c0ab503126
Cc: ltru@ietf.org
Subject: [Ltru] Re: Language tags in the future version of HTTP
X-BeenThere: ltru@ietf.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: Language Tag Registry Update working group discussion list <ltru.ietf.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ltru>, <mailto:ltru-request@ietf.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://www1.ietf.org/pipermail/ltru>
List-Post: <mailto:ltru@ietf.org>
List-Help: <mailto:ltru-request@ietf.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ltru>, <mailto:ltru-request@ietf.org?subject=subscribe>
Errors-To: ltru-bounces@ietf.org

On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 08:21:11AM -0500,
 John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org> wrote 
 a message of 20 lines which said:

> Since you're on that list, could you persuade them to use "BCP 47"
> as the reference rather than "RFC 4646"?

That's a difficult issue. What some people want, at this time, is to
*include* RFC 4646 ABNF in RFC 2616bis, in order to make it
self-sufficient (anyone knows if there are general IETF guidance here?
about cross-RFC references?)

The httpbis WS is chartered to make a *compatible* protocol, so
referring to a moving target (BCP 47) may scare them.

Do note that RFC 4930 still references RFC 3066 (while it was issued
after RFC 4646) for precisely this reason (staying compatible with old
sofwtare) and that was on purpose.



_______________________________________________
Ltru mailing list
Ltru@ietf.org
https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ltru