Paul Hoffman wrote:
At 2:24 PM -0400 7/5/05, Bob Wyman wrote:
I find it hard to imagine what harm could be done by providing this
recommendation.
Timing. If we change text other than because of an IESG note, there is
a strong chance we will have to delay being finalized by two weeks,
possibly more.
--Paul Hoffman, Director
--Internet Mail Consortium
I definitely understand this particular concern, but in going back and
reading the original discussion point note from Russ (as quoted in your
"Clearing a "discuss" vote email), I would think that this particular
point is an important step towards clarifying the potential interop
issues when using digital signatures within Atom. Furthermore, given
that we're not introducing any new requirements into the spec, this is
actually a far less impactful change than the modification we just made
to adjust the spec text to explicitly allow Signatures in any atom:entry.
- James
