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Re: SHOULD vs MUST

Scott Brim <swb@employees.org> Wed, 25 June 2008 18:01 UTC

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From: Scott Brim <swb@employees.org>
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To: John C Klensin <john-ietf@jck.com>
Subject: Re: SHOULD vs MUST
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On 6/25/08 1:37 PM, John C Klensin allegedly wrote:
> My concern is about anything that
> might get turned into another rule while various of us are
> trying to concentrate on technical work and not, e.g., watching
> every entry in the IESG's tracker logs.

Indeed.

> More generally, thinking carefully about these conformance
> statements is A Good Thing and should be encouraged whenever
> possible.

Indeed.

swb
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