Re: Registration of new charset [Amiga-1251]

[Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>]

> >>      Charset name: Amiga-1251
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >>      Charset aliases: Ami1251, Amiga1251, Ami-1251
> 
> Ok, I suppose we can forget them, but this are the names that were used for the
> past 10 or so years ;-) If you think we should drop them, no problem, we will
> drop them. PS: They were included only for historical reasons, just like
> Win1251, Win-1251, CP-1251... has, personally I hate confusion too.

It does seem reasonable to document aliases that have been used to refer to
the charset.  That's not the same thing as defining alternate charset names
for use with MIME.  Text like "this charset has also been known as
Ami1251, Amiga1251, and Ami-1251, but the name Amiga-1251 should be used
in MIME messages" might be appropriate.

Keith