On 13 September 2012 00:55, Charles Plessy <ple...@debian.org> wrote: > Dear all, > > I would like to share with you the recently published RFC 6648, which > deprecates the use of "X-" prefixes in "application protocols" > > BEST CURRENT PRACTICE > > Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) P. Saint-Andre > Request for Comments: 6648 Cisco Systems, Inc. > BCP: 178 D. Crocker > Category: Best Current Practice Brandenburg InternetWorking > ISSN: 2070-1721 M. Nottingham > Rackspace > June 2012 > > > Deprecating the "X-" Prefix and Similar Constructs > in Application Protocols > > Abstract > > Historically, designers and implementers of application protocols > have often distinguished between standardized and unstandardized > parameters by prefixing the names of unstandardized parameters with > the string "X-" or similar constructs. In practice, that convention > causes more problems than it solves. Therefore, this document > deprecates the convention for newly defined parameters with textual > (as opposed to numerical) names in application protocols. > > Full text available at http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6648 >
Release Goal to purge all references to X from all packages? Regards, Dmitrijs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/canbhluhb3bttgcv-_9txif4rrusu+jl89ckwq4wnv3rrb0l...@mail.gmail.com
