I recognize that the changes in DMARCbis without also changing v=2 are
possible and don't cause a security problem as ignoring "pct" when parsers
are updated should result in the more restricive policy being applied.
I think however there is a practical problem. As a mailbox provider I would
not want to just switch parsers but will need to examine the DMARC record
and actually support both pct and t for backward compatibility just in
order to not change the behavior overnight for our users.

I also noticed by looking at some recent data in our logs that there is a
significant number of emails received with p=quarantine or p=reject where
the pct value that is neither 0 nor 100 (so not 1:1 compatible with t).

I think having DMARCbis actually changing the version would simplify and
keep the interpretation of DMARC records consistent.

What do you think?
/E
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