Re: Update of RFC 2606 based on the recent ICANN changes ?

Keith Moore wrote:
> Joe Touch wrote:
>
> > Keith Moore wrote:
> > |> RFC1043 defines the dot. The fact that some apps don't recognize it 
> > is a
> > |> bug.
> > |
> > | not when the application explicitly specifies that FQDNs are to be 
> > used.
> > | in such cases the dot is superfluous.
> >
> > Superfluous is fine. Prohibited is not. If the app inputs DNS names,
> > then FQDNs should be valid, even if redundant.
> I don't think you get to revise a couple of decades of protocol design 
> and implementation by declaring that RFC 1043's authors and process 
> trump everything that's  been done afterward.
I'll repeat:
        
        some app misbehaviors are just bugs

        not all app misbehaviors define new, acceptable behavior

At some point we as a group decide what to accept as BCP, and what to 
just call a bug. This, IMO, falls squarely in the 'bug' bin.
Joe

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