Re: [arch-d] I-D Action: draft-iab-protocol-maintenance-08.txt

I still find it hard to accept that there is community consensus for
this document as it stands. Most of what its says is correct but it
still seems to unreasonably claim universal scope.

Some suggestions:

Title: The Robustness Principle May Have Harmful Consequences

Last sentence of Abstract:
For some types of protocol that are actively maintained, the
robustness principle can, and should, be avoided.

And a few changes in the main text such as:
OLD:
Time and experience shows that negative consequences to interoperability accumulate over time if implementations apply the robustness principle.

NEW:
Time and experience shows that negative consequences to interoperability sometimes accumulate over time if implementations apply the robustness principle.

Even with changes like this, I'm not sure everyone will agree.

Regards
    Brian Carpenter

On 12-Jul-22 10:30, internet-drafts@ietf.org wrote:
> 
> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
> This draft is a work item of the Internet Architecture Board IETF of the IETF.
> 
>          Title           : The Harmful Consequences of the Robustness Principle
>          Authors         : Martin Thomson
>                            David Schinazi
>    Filename        : draft-iab-protocol-maintenance-08.txt
>    Pages           : 15
>    Date            : 2022-07-11
> 
> Abstract:
>     The robustness principle, often phrased as "be conservative in what
>     you send, and liberal in what you accept", has long guided the design
>     and implementation of Internet protocols.  The posture this statement
>     advocates promotes interoperability in the short term, but can
>     negatively affect the protocol ecosystem over time.  For a protocol
>     that is actively maintained, the robustness principle can, and
>     should, be avoided.
> 
> 
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