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Re: [Tzdist-bis] draft-tzdist-geolocate Status and Next Steps

Ken Murchison <murch@fastmail.com> Wed, 24 October 2018 16:44 UTC

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From: Ken Murchison <murch@fastmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Tzdist-bis] draft-tzdist-geolocate Status and Next Steps
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On 10/24/18 12:36 PM, Daniel Migault wrote:
> I believe we could have a consensus on the next version, and start the 
> WGLC on November 5.
>
> Here is my view on the draft status.
> * Maybe clarifying the scope of the draft. I believe that one sentence 
> could clearly mention the draft does not expect to go beyond a mobile 
> phone requesting the current TZ.

Probably "mobile device" (not necessarily a phone), yes?


> * Raising a privacy issue and recommend of using the extension over 
> TLS or a protected channel.

I believe privacy is discussed in the main TZDIST spec (RFC 7808, 
Section 8).  Is referencing this sufficient?


> * Having a discussion on whether we specify the time zones associated 
> to the point or not and how to do this. While this needs some 
> discussions, I believe we could converge rapidly.

Agreed.  I'm open to any and all suggestions.


>
> It would also be helpful to know if there are known implementations or 
> people planning to implement it. I hope this will be implemented soon!

I have an implementation in the open source Cyrus Calendar server.  The 
examples in the draft where generated using that server.


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Ken Murchison
Cyrus Development Team
FastMail US LLC

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