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[spf-discuss] Re: Appeal: Publication of draft-lyon-senderid-core-01 in conflict with referenced draft-schlitt-spf-classic-02

2005-12-09 06:04:25
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Pekka Savola wrote:
There seem to be three options going forward:

  1) make no changes to the spec.   The spec (assumably) documents the
     existing behaviour, even if it is conflicting.

  2) make the spec to disallow that.  The implementations are not
     changed.  The spec no longer documents the existing behaviour, and
     the conflicts continue, but those who implement the spec aren't
     allowed to say it's compliant (but no one is enforcing this in
     any case, so....).

  3) make the spec to disallow that.  Someone convinces the
     implementors to change their running code, and all the code is
     actually changed.

Basically the IESG decided that accurate documentation of the running
code is more important than documenting something that does not exist,
and maybe never will exist.

As my appeal[1] pointed out, at the time draft-lyon-senderid-core-00 was 
submitted for experimental status, there was no "running code" that 
actually interpreted "v=spf1" as "spf2.0/mfrom,pra".  So what running code 
was being documented when draft-lyon-senderid-core-00 was submitted?

Or does the fact that such running code has been created _since_ the draft 
was submitted justify the treatment of that draft as "documenting running 
code"?  I hope that's not what you mean.

Julian.

References:
 1. http://www.xyzzy.claranet.de/home/test/senderid-appeal.htm
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