Hi Gert, On 07.07.20 15:03, Gert Doering wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 02:53:47PM +0200, Benedikt Neuffer via db-wg wrote: >> I don't get it. Does the RIPE DB prevent the usage of punycode? >> >> Can someone give me an example, where punycode doesn't work or why >> punycode isn't good enough? > > From what I understand, the intent is to convert incoming e-mail: > attributes in "non-punycode format" to punycode before storing in the DB. > > I do not have a very strong opinion on this proposed implementation. > > > In the long run, I think punycode is a horrible, horrible hack and must > die in flames. So if we can have a proper database with proper charset > support, my surname would appreciate. > > And yes, this will most likely involve UTF-8 internally and export filters > (I do not want to see UTF-8, ever, if I can have ISO8859-15 instead - yeah, > come, sue me)
I think at the moment it would be easier to update the clients to convert punycode in whatever encoding you prefer. Regards, Benedikt
