Re: [Ltru] Re: Proposed Text for Moving Forward

["Randy Presuhn" <randy_presuhn at mindspring.com>]

Hi -

> From: "McDonald, Ira" <imcdonald at sharplabs.com>
> To: "'Mark Davis'" <mark.davis at jtcsv.com>; "McDonald, Ira" <imcdonald at sharplabs.com>; "'Addison Phillips'"
<addison.phillips at quest.com>; "Peter Constable" <petercon at microsoft.com>; <ltru at ietf.org>
> Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:12 PM
> Subject: RE: [Ltru] Re: Proposed Text for Moving Forward
...
> Rationale:  Rule 1 is designed to improve language tag matching by
> applications using the RFR (remove from right) algorithm that is
> common among legacy applications.
...

As co-chair, I'm all for including rationale in the specification when it helps
us gain consensus or results in a clearer specification.  As a technical contributor,
I think that in this particular case the potential for harm makes it essential
to explain why violating rule 1 is generally a bad idea, even though we haven't
been able to make the prohibition absolute.

Randy




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