Re: [dnsext] I-D Action: draft-ietf-dnsext-rfc2671bis-edns0-08.txt

W.C.A. Wijngaards writes:
> Could the authors put text in 6.1.1:
> The OPT record is normally placed near the end of the additional section.
>
> Because then there is guidance for the 'normal case'.

Given the interest in trying to have an EDNS-capable server include
the OPT whenever possible, I'd recommend that the guidance be for the
record to be first.

I'd actually thought that was what earlier drafts said, but going back
to them I see they didn't do it explicitly and I only inferred it
because the simplest algorithm for building the reply would be "add
the OPT if it fits, then add any other records until you run out of
room."  There are, of course, other ways of doing it, but providing
guidance that it be first emphasizes the idea that the OPT is the one
Additional RR that we really want to be present if at all possible.
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