Re: RFC 2119 terms, ALL CAPS vs lower case

[Julian Reschke <[e-mail]>]

On 2012-05-16 22:29, Dave Cridland wrote:
> On Wed May 16 21:10:02 2012, Randy Bush wrote:
>> > Authors must be fastidious about this.
>>
>> s/this/documents/
>
> RFC 2119 §6 says:
>
> Imperatives of the type defined in this memo must be used with care
> and sparingly. In particular, they MUST only be used where it is
> actually required for interoperation or to limit behavior which has
> potential for causing harm (e.g., limiting retransmisssions). For
> example, they must not be used to try to impose a particular method
> on implementors where the method is not required for
> interoperability.
>
> I note two things:
>
> 1) RFC 2119 also uses lower-case "must" and "may" throughout.
>
> 2) RFC 2119 also clearly states that using the terms too much will harm
> interoperability.
>
> The second is the one I feel we have violated much more, and caused much
> more damage, than any possible problem with the first.
> ...

+100