[ietf-dkim] 1193 considered harmful

[Michael Thomas]

Russ Housley wrote:
> Dave:
> 
> This topic was addressed at great length during development of the DKIM 
> charter, which says:
> 
>    Experimentation has resulted in Internet deployment of these
>    specifications. Although not encouraged, non-backwards-compatible
>    changes to these specifications will be acceptable if the DKIM working
>    group determines that the changes are required to meet the group's
>    technical objectives.
> 
> If changes are needed, make them!  Be aware of the backward 
> compatibility issues, but this cannot be used to stifle discussion or 
> innovation.

Define "needed". If the standard of "needed" is "required to make
the protocol viable", then this is not "needed". If "needed" means
"anything we feel like changing, we can change", then the words in
the charter are meaningless.

		Mike