On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 12:23 PM, Christopher Morrow <
morrowc(_dot_)lists(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> wrote:
The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits
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Nothing in the past really matters here, what matters is: "Is the bis
draft all set, did we fix all the things which must be fixed before this
draft becomes a real 'standard'?"
I don't think you can say nothing in the past matters here. We know that
there have been host implementations that relied on this guarantee, and we
have to consider that if we change the standard, those implementations will
become non-compliant.