Re: Stringprep (was RE: New draft-yergeau-rfc2279bis-05.txt)

[ned.freed@mrochek.com]

> [Changing the Subject: since this has nothing to do with the UTF-8 draft.]

> McDonald, Ira wrote:
> > Restricting IETF protocols to use of Unicode/3.2 is not a desirable
> > outcome of the IETF's wide support for the Stringprep approach.

> Agreed, RFC 3454 needs an update for Unicode 4.0.

Perhaps an update is in order, but this does not change the fact that a stable
reference to a specific version of Unicode that won't be changed or amended in
any way is required by stringprep. Don't expect this requirement to change or
go away.

				Ned