Re: [Gen-art] Gen-ART Telechat review of draft-ietf-sieve-vacation-seconds-02.txt

[Alexey Melnikov <[e-mail]>]

Hi Suresh,
Thank you for the review.

Suresh Krishnan wrote:

> I have been selected as the General Area Review Team (Gen-ART)
> reviewer for this draft (for background on Gen-ART, please see
> http://www.alvestrand.no/ietf/gen/art/gen-art-FAQ.html).
>
> Please wait for direction from your document shepherd
> or AD before posting a new version of the draft.
>
> Document: draft-ietf-sieve-vacation-seconds-02.txt
> Reviewer: Suresh Krishnan
> Review Date: 2010/11/16
> IESG Telechat date: 2010/11/18
>
> Summary: This draft is almost ready for publication as a Proposed
> Standard but it has one minor issue.
>
> Minor
> =====
>
> * RFC5230 describes a site-defined maximum value for the :days 
> parameter and this draft describes a similar maximum for the :seconds 
> parameter. It is unclear how these two maximums will interact. Say
>
> The site defined maximum for :days is 30 and that for :seconds is 
> 2678400 (31 days)
>
> If the value of :seconds as specified is 2678300 will it get truncated 
> down to 2592000 (30 days) or will it be used as is since it is less 
> than 2678400?

The :seconds maximum only applies if :second is specified. Similarly for 
:days. (:seconds and :days parameters are mutually exclusive). So, IMHO, 
there is no interaction between maximums.