I agree. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Presuhn" <randy_presuhn at mindspring.com> To: "LTRU Working Group" <ltru at ietf.org> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 16:44 Subject: Re: [Ltru] Re: Finishing off #1026 (Was: Re: status? last call?) > Hi - > > > From: "Doug Ewell" <dewell at adelphia.net> > > To: "LTRU Working Group" <ltru at ietf.org> > > Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 4:05 PM > > Subject: [Ltru] Re: Finishing off #1026 (Was: Re: status? last call?) > ... > > So if we want to allow 831 and friends to be individually registrable, > > cool, but let's not come back later and say, "Wait a minute! We needed > > 831 as a safety net! What were we thinking?" > > > > > I propose adding one sentence to 3.3(11) to make it more consistent > > > with 2.2.4 (3E): "If the petition for a code assignment ISO 3166 is > > > refused or not acted on in a timely manner, the Language Subtag > > > Reviewer MAY procede with the registration using the UN M.49 code." > > > Or words to that effect. > ... > > They'd still be a safety net - they'd only (in this case) be registerable > if the ISO 3166 code assignment request is refused or ignored. The decision > whether to accept the registration would still be subject to debate on the > ietf-languages at iana.org list. At least that was my thinking. > > If UN M.49 changes 831's meaning to refer to something else, then there is > a problem with the whole idea of them being a safety net. If a request for > an ISO 3166 code to match 831 is first refused, and then a couple years later > accepted, well, that's just FUBAR. :-) > > Randy > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ltru mailing list > Ltru at lists.ietf.org > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ltru > > _______________________________________________ Ltru mailing list Ltru at lists.ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ltru
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