[gnso-rn-wg] Re: [gnso-idn-wg] Re: Banning CCHH anywhere in a label

["Sophia B" <sophiabekele@xxxxxxxxx>]

> This reduces to prohibiting two consecutive hyphens in a label, unless
> > they are in the second and third position (and that label would not be
> > rejected by any other restrictions on hyphens that already apply).
> >
> > Before recommending the introduction of this constraint it might be
> > advisable to determine the number of currently registered names that it
> > would invalidate (and/or to assess the scope of the grandfathering
> > effort
> > that would be required to retain them.
Dear Chuck and Cary

Cary, clearly already registered names that fit this pattern (probably
ASCII + IDN in the IDN label with xn-- (or cc--) in the ASCII portion)
will have to be grandfathered if we decide to ban. Probably not too
many of them anyway. Also, I repeat I had only summarised the various
thoughts, that the analaysis was preliminary and *more work had to be
probably done to know the absolute consequences*.

Chuck,

> Thanks Sophia for explaining but I confess that you have not convinced me
> that it is worth doing

I was only providing a summary of the different voices from the IDN WG
and given the *inconclusive views,* i had no group suggestion to offer
but simply summarise the benefits/adverse issues that had been so far
suggested. *I also said that even those who were open to banning, did
not think it was a serious error if we did not ban.

*Then at the end where I clearly marked, as you had suggested, I marked
my personal view (diffrentiating from the group summary) as ering on
the side of banning.  But I also made clear I did not also see it as a
serious problem if we did not ban.

The decision is really upto the group. For myself, I think its okay -
some sloppy programmers will have to re-program in the future, that's
all - some, like Tina, felt they would deserve it....

So go ahead drop it.

Sophia



Cary, thanks for the nput. yes in that even , we then grandfather the old
one, there are probly


On 08/03/07, Cary Karp <ck@nic.museum> wrote:
> Quoting Sophia:
>
> > my personal recommendation would be to err on the side of
> > safety and suggest banning cc-- across the board.
>
> This reduces to prohibiting two consecutive hyphens in a label, unless
> they are in the second and third position (and that label would not be
> rejected by any other restrictions on hyphens that already apply).
>
> Before recommending the introduction of this constraint it might be
> advisable to determine the number of currently registered names that it
> would invalidate (and/or to assess the scope of the grandfathering effort
> that would be required to retain them).
>
> /Cary