On 8/19/2013 10:14 PM, Randy Bush wrote:
so, according to your message, one lesson i might take from this is, if i want to deploy a new hack which needs an rrtype, not to use txt in the interim. i will be caught in a mess which will appear to be of my own making. is that somewhat correct?
Whether it's what he meant, it's not the correct lesson. There are probably two realistic lessons:
The first is that there now a number of other apps using TXT records, with no problems, because they are stored under scoping nodes (underscore-prefaced names). This approach might be aesthetically displeasing, but it works just fine.
The second is that, unfortunately, deploying a new RR that gains widespread, end-to-end support remains problematic, assurances to the contrary notwithstanding.
d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net