Den 2009-08-17 15:24 skrev Peter Rosin: > Den 2009-08-17 11:45 skrev Peter Åstrand: >>>>> No we didn't, we agreed on that for the desktop name. >>>> Refresh my memory - which other strings are sent as "ANSI CODE PAGE"? >>> Username and password in the VeNCrypt extension. There are some strings >>> in the gii extension. The tight file transfer extension sends filenames. >>> And I'm sure I'm forgetting at least some string, that was just off the >>> top of my head... >> But neither on those are in the protocol at this point. And the tight >> file transfer is heavily deprecated, even by TightVNC. > > You better check that, as gii is in the spec. You continue to ignore and > look past everything that smells like a problem, which is not very > comforting. You seem too eager to add UTF-8 to the spec. > > And I'd say they are all in the "protocol", just not in our > specification of the protocol, so it's still a problem in my book. > If we add this language now, we will erect a barrier making it harder > to add those other protocol extensions to our spec. I think the burden > should be on those trying to do new things (which is to specify > UTF-8 for all strings) and not on those documenting existing > extensions/behaviours. > > Oh, and there are also strings in the SASL extension. > > I think it would be worth more to have SASL, VeNCrypt and Tight > file transfer documented (even if deprecated) in the spec than > to add some language about UTF-8.
Just to make myself clear, I'm saying that adding the MUST and SHOULD versions of the text encoding chapter is causing all the above trouble. I'm still OK with adding less demanding language that only recommends UTF-8. Cheers, Peter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ tigervnc-rfbproto mailing list tigervnc-rfbproto@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tigervnc-rfbproto
