[ietf-dkim] Features that could be reconsidered as part of the bis process

[Dave CROCKER]

Murray S. Kucherawy wrote:
>   I'd rather leave an unused 
> but potentially useful hook in there versus removing it now only to have 
> it added back in later, possibly poorly.


Murray, this is an absolutely basic bit of philosophy in protocol design.  It 
drives lots of decisions.

Unfortunately, historically, this is exactly the logic that adds useless bloat 
to protocols and causes interoperability problems.

When a feature is not currently used, it tends to be badly implemented, since it 
isn't exercised.  By adding it later, you are ensuring that there is a real need 
and, therefore, real end-to-end testing.

d/
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   Dave Crocker
   Brandenburg InternetWorking
   bbiw.net