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Let us finish RFC-XXXX NOW! (Re: non-ascii headers)

1991-09-23 12:31:32
I think I triggered off the last round of extended-charset-header debate
some time back. (Cannot be sure - have not read everything in the 300
messages since then....)
I have now come to an opposite opinion to what I had then:

- RFC-XXXX should be finished WITHOUT a mechanism for extending headers.

Reason: 6 months (or whatever needed) more of this discussion before
RFC-XXXX is "cast in concrete" is TOO LONG.

Also my opinion:

- There seems to be general agreement that the issue IS important, and
  may be addressed by a separate RFC issued at a later date.

This means that the issue will not be forgotten (I hope), which was one
important reason for calling it a SHOW-STOPPER.

So, let's get on with publishing, implementing and managing RFC-XXXX SOON!

                Harald Tveit Alvestrand
                Speaking for myself