Re: Potential ISSUE: <utext> (was: ABNF nits)

["Charles Lindsey" <chl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In <g8v9lo$vka$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> "Frank Ellermann" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>Charles Lindsey wrote:

>>> based on feedback from Charles, you, and me (among others)
>>> on the rfc822 list.
> 
>> Yes, we managed to get more changed in RFC 2822-bis than we
>> could ever have expected.

>The author successfully avoided the simple approach to adopt 
>our prior work wholesale.  His new <msg-id> (minus obs) is
>now simpler than our form, but allows ">".

And that is the problem. The USEFOR draft permits a whole raft of ugly
stuff that is no longer permitted by 2822-bis (and good riddance to it).
It would be much simpler to say that our message-ids are the same as those
of 2822 bis, but without the obs-stuff and without that ">".

>His <msg-id> plus obs is of course unacceptable for NetNews.
>All pieces are in place for a *future* final merger, but not
>for a sudden rush of AUTH48 modifications.

I doubt we are going to have any opportunity for any "*future* final
merger". If we don't do it now, it will never get done. I doubt any of it
would be the least bit controversial.

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