[Idr] Damn, damn, damn! RE: [Technical Errata Reported] RFC4271 (5000)
"Adrian Farrel" <adrian@olddog.co.uk> Thu, 20 April 2017 14:01 UTC
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From: Adrian Farrel <adrian@olddog.co.uk>
To: 'Nick Hilliard' <nick@foobar.org>, "'Alvaro Retana (aretana)'" <aretana@cisco.com>
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Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 15:01:32 +0100
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Subject: [Idr] Damn, damn, damn! RE: [Technical Errata Reported] RFC4271 (5000)
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Sorry, replied on the wrong errata report which turns out that I agree with both proposals. eedjit :-( Adrian > -----Original Message----- > From: Adrian Farrel [mailto:adrian@olddog.co.uk] > Sent: 20 April 2017 15:00 > To: 'Nick Hilliard'; 'Alvaro Retana (aretana)' > Cc: 'idr@ietf.org' > Subject: RE: [Idr] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC4271 (5000) > > Sorry, but no! > > OLD > Others are discretionary and MAY > or MAY NOT be sent in a particular UPDATE message. > NEW > Others are discretionary and MAY > be sent in a particular UPDATE message. > END > > The use of MAY implies the not case. > > "MAY or MUST NOT" is entirely ambiguous since "MUST NOT" means > never/forbidden/death-by-vampire so saying "or MUST NOT" is like saying "You > must never, ever, eat lithium disulfide, except when you do." > > Adrian > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Idr [mailto:idr-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Nick Hilliard > > Sent: 20 April 2017 11:24 > > To: Alvaro Retana (aretana) > > Cc: idr@ietf.org > > Subject: Re: [Idr] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC4271 (5000) > > > > Alvaro Retana (aretana) wrote: > > > I would like to get input from the WG as to the best way to handle this report. > I > > would specially like to hear from implementers, but all input is welcome. > > [...] > > > b. s/MAY NOT/MUST NOT > > > > this. > > > > Nick > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Idr mailing list > > Idr@ietf.org > > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/idr
- [Idr] Damn, damn, damn! RE: [Technical Errata Rep… Adrian Farrel