[ncc-services-wg] Update regarding the proposals to improve the technical infrastructure supporting the RIPE Policy Development Process

On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 11:45 PM, Leo Vegoda <leo.vegoda at icann.org> wrote:

> Is ASCII format a synonym for plain text or is the proposal actually to
> force the use of ASCII rather than a more modern character encoding?

As of right now, it really does mean ASCII as full UTF-8 was too
controversial and there was no hard need for it.

FWIW, IETF is moving towards having the actual text in ASCII-only and
allowing UTF-8 in metadata like author names. This allows easing in
something new while still remaining 100% backwards-compatible.


For the record, I am fine with all three of those options and will not
push towards any of those. Whichever has the highest likelihood of
reaching consensus has my support.


There already has been a _lot_ of effort behind the scenes and I would
like to see this implemented ASAP :)


-- 
Richard