Re: Agenda due today

Alexey Melnikov wrote:

> Mark Crispin wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 2 Jul 1999, Alexey Melnikov wrote:
> > > Probably we should discuss LANGUAGE extension.
> >
> > I propose that we form a small e-mail working sub-group of people
> > interested this issue, rather than spend the limited time in Oslo.  The
> > Oslo meeting should just mention the existance of the sub-group and the
> > mailing list for it.
> >
> > This is too complex and too important of an issue to be tossed into the
> > agenda and made to compete with the other issues already in the agenda.
> >
> > I will oppose any "quick and dirty" proposal for LANGUAGE.  We have to do
> > this right, and doing it right requires careful consideration from all of
> > us.
> >
> > We need to consider localization, internationalization, and
> > mulilingualization; and from these draw up a list of desired
> > functionalties.  Among other things, we need to establish a transition
> > mechanism from ASCII and charsets to pure UTF-8.
> >
> > I have no problem with a separate face-to-face meeting of people
> > interested in LANGUAGE at Oslo.
>
> I don't mind.
>
> Let me know about date and time for LANGUAGE meeting. (BTW, I've recently
> submitted SMTP LANG draft, we may discuss it as well). I will be in Oslo all
> week.

Mike will be in Oslo as well, so he will probably agree with me that we have to
discuss LANGUAGE and all related problems.

Alexey

P.S. I will be offline from Friday up to Sunday, could we arrange this meeting
now?