[Bug 15489] IDN email addresses should be converted to Punycode before validating them

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=15489

Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|RESOLVED                    |REOPENED
         Resolution|LATER                       |

--- Comment #20 from Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com> 2012-08-27 05:24:50 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #19)
> But why wait?

Adding features before browsers have implemented the current set leads to the
spec getting too far ahead of implementations, which can discourage them to
implement it at all.

> What if a browser
> implementer wants to implement this right now?

Then that implementor should speak up.

> I have changed to status to
> "later", which I hope indicates that this needs to be addressed soon. (If not,
> please change to a more appropriate state.)

"Later" means the opposite.

If you want to get this added to the spec sooner rather than later, see
http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/FAQ#Is_there_a_process_for_adding_new_features_to_a_specification.3F

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Received on Monday, 27 August 2012 05:24:53 UTC