From: Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz (Shmuel+gen@patriot.net)
Date: Wed Feb 12 2003 - 13:10:25 CST
In <3E4A6BE6.9090200@Sonietta.blilly.com>, on 02/12/2003
at 10:44 AM, Bruce Lilly <blilly@erols.com> said:
>Before utf-8 can be adopted, there needs to be a transition period
>where there is a moratorium on *all* untagged 8-bit header field
>content as a prerequisite to a state where the only untagged 8-bit
>content is utf-8.
I see nothing in the charter about playing King Canute telling the
tide not to come in. The avalanche has already started; it is too late
for the pebbles to vote.
The best that we can do is to convince the people who will post 8-bit
headers regardless to at least use an agreed upon representation.
Anything beyond that wouldn't happen even if the entire WG, the AD and
IETF all agreed with you.
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Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
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