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Author	pitrou
Recipients	Mike.Lissner, demian.brecht, ezio.melotti, ncoghlan, orsenthil, pitrou
Date	2014-08-06.02:51:24
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Message-id	<1407293484.94.0.203173478378.issue22118@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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> It /does/ break backwards compatibility, but it seems that previous > logic was incorrect (based on my upcoming checking for consistency > between RFCs). As such, I'm not sure that it should be fixed < 3.5. > Thoughts? Actually, the logic seems to be correct according to RFC 1808 (which the variable names in the tests seem to hint at, as well). I think it's fine to upgrade the semantics to newer RFCs, but we should only do it in 3.5 indeed.

> It /does/ break backwards compatibility, but it seems that previous
> logic was incorrect (based on my upcoming checking for consistency
> between RFCs). As such, I'm not sure that it should be fixed < 3.5.
> Thoughts?

Actually, the logic seems to be correct according to RFC 1808 (which the variable names in the tests seem to hint at, as well). I think it's fine to upgrade the semantics to newer RFCs, but we should only do it in 3.5 indeed.

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