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To: "'Robert Burbidge'" <robert.burbidge@poptel.coop>, "Ietf-Provreg (E-mail)" <ietf-provreg@cafax.se>
From: "Hollenbeck, Scott" <shollenbeck@verisign.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 12:00:18 -0400
Sender: owner-ietf-provreg@cafax.se
Subject: RE: Header in TCP Mapping

> 2. Speaking as a pragmatist, I would suggest leaving things 
> as they are.
> There's no real benefit in the change except from the purist 
> point of view,
> and I'm in the final stages of getting a server up right now. 
> If it changes
> in the next draft, then I and my clients will have to make 
> one more change
> to live software with no net benefit. I'm all for improving the
> specification, but please bear in mind that there are several
> implementations based on drafts out there already. I realise 
> that when EPP
> gets finally approved, we will all be obliged to upgrade to the final
> release, but let's keep things as simple as possible in the meantime.

While I appreciate what you're saying, we can't let implementations to I-Ds
dictate what we can or can't do to get the specifications finished.  Having
said that, though, I'm inclined to leave things as-is unless someone comes
up with a real compelling reason for the change.

-Scott-

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