* Ian Jackson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070918 16:35]: > I think this is an important point. If you're not familiar with the > history then perhaps I can help explain.
> As I have demonstrated above, the RFC is wrong, inconsistent with > existing practice, and the proposed way of complying with it causes us > to have two similar interfaces (gethostbyname and getaddrinfo) which > have inconsistent behaviour. I fully agree with you (and my own investigations on this matter gave a similar recommendation). This RFC is a mistake which can happen, and we should voice our concerns and make sure this mistake doesn't hit Debian too hard. > Note that RFC3484 is NOT A STANDARD. It is a `proposed standard' - > the earliest possible IETF standards track document status. Yep, just the right moment to stop this document. :) > Absolutely. We should recommend that RFC3484 rule 9 should be > deprecated, and should be abolished (definitely for IPv4 and probably > for IPv6 as well). I don't think "deprecated" is the right word - but yes, in the end we should recommend to not use rule 9 with whatever words are appropriate. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
