Re: getaddrinfo() behaviour

[Ian Jackson <ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk>]

Anthony Towns writes ("Re: getaddrinfo() behaviour"):
> The only reason suitability for release is relevant is in overriding the
> directive that we'll "not make a technical decision until efforts to
> resolve it via consensus have been tried and failed". We haven't made
> efforts to get a consensus with the IETF working group and change the
> standard that all this stems from, so making a decision before that's
> happened requires further justification in my view.

That refers to efforts within Debian, not to efforts in standards
bodies.

Standards bodies generally make and implement decisions on a timescale
that makes Technical Committee decisions look frenetic and rushed.

Ian.