Re: Status of simplification work

Am Donnerstag, 25. Mai 2006 15:43 schrieb Chuck Norris:
> It's a stupid question probably, but is it even possible to consider
> removing the fixed line-length requirement?

There is no fixed line-length. Lines SHOULD be not longer than 75 bytes, but 
you can fold them anywhere (or not at all, if you have important reasons).

> I know our parser 
> doesn't actually care how many octets are in a line, and works fine
> no matter how long the lines are.

ics content is also meant to be sent via email (among other means of data 
exchange), and some applications even send the iCalendar data as the body of 
the mail (i.e. not as an attachment). In order to prevent problems with some 
MTAs, the folding of long lines should not be removed.

Cheers,
Reinhold
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