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Re: New Version Notification for draft-leiba-rfc2119-update-00.txt

Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com> Thu, 11 August 2016 15:25 UTC

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From: Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2016 11:25:04 -0400
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Subject: Re: New Version Notification for draft-leiba-rfc2119-update-00.txt
To: Ben Campbell <ben@nostrum.com>
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I don't think this document should be deprecating anything, but I think a
strong recommendation not to use SHALL would be entirely in order.

On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 11:14 AM, Ben Campbell <ben@nostrum.com> wrote:

> On 10 Aug 2016, at 11:18, Barry Leiba wrote:
>
> It's ironic, I think, that the active voice clause, "Authors who follow
>> these
>>
>>> guidelines should incorporate this phrase" uses an uncapitalized
>>> "should,"
>>> and I think it should be a "MUST."
>>>
>>
>>
>> There's no irony here: this document intentionally does not use BCP 14
>> key words, neither does 2119, and I think they should not.  I'd rather
>> that BCP 14 not be self-referential.
>>
>
> While I don't have strong feelings whether this draft should use 2119
> keywords, I don't follow that line of reasoning. It's normal for RFCs to
> define terms, then use them. And for the record, 2119 does have at least
> one MUST (see section 6).
>
> Ben (with no hats).
>
>

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