On Fr, 2011-07-22 at 15:41 +0200, Lukas Zeller wrote:
> Hi Patrick,
> 
> On Jul 22, 2011, at 15:00 , Patrick Ohly wrote:
> 
> > I couldn't think of cases where avoiding binary encoding might have a
> > negative effect, but you are right, it is not according to spec and it
> > makes sense to not change existing behavior.
> 
> Although I guess many clients would bail out when encountering a PHOTO
> (non-URI type) with non-B64 content,

Why? Because they (incorrectly) assume that PHOTO must be B64 encoded,
without checking the parameters to ensure that it really is?

Just wondering. I can imagine that there are such clients.

>  I can't imagine photo data possibly be ASCII so I admit this cannot
> happen.

There are pure-ASCII image formats. Okay, not very common in vCards I
guess ;-)

-- 
Best Regards, Patrick Ohly

The content of this message is my personal opinion only and although
I am an employee of Intel, the statements I make here in no way
represent Intel's position on the issue, nor am I authorized to speak
on behalf of Intel on this matter.



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