Re: UTF-8 over RFC 2047 (Re: Call for Usefor to recharter)

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From: Charles Lindsey (chl@clw.cs.man.ac.uk)
Date: Tue Jan 14 2003 - 08:20:37 CST


In <3E21F3D3.8090802@Sonietta.blilly.com> Bruce Lilly <blilly@erols.com> writes:

>Jean-Marc Desperrier wrote:
>>>>>
>> The current usefor text is very technically sound .

>Actually, no. Please see the discussions about gateways and RFC 2047
>on the ietf-822 archives. Summary: the Usefor draft is technically flawed;
>it requires gateways to do the impossible.

The discussions on ietf-822 are generating more heat than light.

But this is the place where decisions about Usefor need to be taken. Yes,
there are some issues regarding gateways. By and large it is
straightforward for them to transform to RRC 2047/2231, but there are some
awkward corners.

I have proposed a text, and maybe the way I have tackled those corners
needs to be changed. That is a matter to be discussed here.

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