OK -- let's try to summarize this.
1) let's avoid lengthy rat-holing discussions here, 2) a longer applicability statement might be good, but that's independent of this document, and 3) it might be useful to add a short warning of QTYPE=* in this document.
I propose adding the following as Section 1.4:
<section title="Query Type 'ANY' and A/AAAA Records"> <t>QTYPE=* is typically only used for debugging or management purposes; it is worth keeping in mind that QTYPE=* ("ANY" queries) literally return any available RRsets, not *all* available RRsets. Therefore, to get both A and AAAA records reliably, two separate queries must be made.</t> </section>
It's not "QTYPE=*" it's QTYPE=ANY. And I'd clarify that "any available" and "all available" might differ in caches (not in authoritative servers).
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