On 4/22/2025 1:25 AM, John Levine wrote:
Someone I know has pointed out that once you have enough incompatible changes to need a new version number, you have a new protocol so you might as well give it a new name.
btw, that is not what they said. Also you ignored the rather important stuff they said before this part.
What they said was: 1. it is essential to note that-- especially for email -- there is a long history of being able to achieve improvements through incremental enhancement sand that, 2. therefore, it is essential to first look for ways to handle a new requirement also through incremental enhancement. 3. The preface to the conclusion text you offered is that it is applicable ONLY AFTER trying the first path. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net bluesky: @dcrocker.bsky.social mast: @[email protected]
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