Re: ASN.1 Encoding/Decoding Compatability

On 12/04/2015 04:00 PM, Ryan Sleevi wrote:
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> On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Harry Halpin <hhalpin@w3.org
> <mailto:hhalpin@w3.org>> wrote:
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>     And unless we get an answer back by end of next week, I would
>     assume the answer is "it's not a high priority for us in the next
>     few months" so I would say, given that we do support JWK, as you
>     pointed out we would just keep "JWK" in the spec, and add back in
>     spki and pkcs when the code is fixed in a revised CR.
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> That's still presuming a particular answer. I'm more curious to hear
> from other implementers whether the steps you just outlined are
> reasonable at all. In particular, whether there is any probability
> that spki or pkcs8 will or should be added and whether or not the
> interface extensibility point added to support all of these matter. If
> not, then we're making the API more complex for something that no one
> intends to support - and we should instead change the API while there
> is still time - and before advancing to PR and signalling that the API
> won't (substantially) change again.

I agree that we *should* get feedback. However, I'd also like to set a
firm deadline for an answer to Ryan's query as there's a chance this may
not be high priority. Would next Friday be fair?

   cheers,
            harry