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

Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com> Wed, 10 August 2016 12:35 UTC

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From: Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 08:34:17 -0400
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Subject: Re: New Version Notification for draft-leiba-rfc2119-update-00.txt
To: Stewart Bryant <stewart.bryant@gmail.com>
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I think the right thing for new documents to do is reference both 2119 and
this document, not _just_ this document.

On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 8:23 AM, Stewart Bryant <stewart.bryant@gmail.com>
wrote:

> That would be a satisfactory approach.
>
> However I suspect that just as IDs still put Network Working Group in the
> top left corner, so I suspect  RFC2119 will be the normal reference used.
>
> Stewart
>
> On 10/08/2016 13:19, Ted Lemon wrote:
>
> I think the right approach to take with this document is not as an
> explicit update to RFC 2119 text, but rather as a Talmudic commentary on
> RFC2119.   This document should do two things: it should help readers of
> old documents who are unclear about what 2119 says, and it should be
> available as a document that can be normatively reference by authors of new
> documents who want more clarity than RFC2119 provides.
>
> The document should be explicit that while it updates 2119, documents that
> refer only to 2119 and not to this document are not updated: if this
> document helps the reader to better understand the context in which the
> RFC2119 keywords are used, great, but nothing more than that is intended.
>
> For documents that do normatively reference this document and not just
> RFC2119, the update is normative.
>
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 7:47 AM, Stewart Bryant <stewart.bryant@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Having thought a little more about this, I am wondering about
>> unintended consequences in the 5K documents that we have
>> written since RFC2119 was published.
>>
>> If we effectively change RFC2119 as we propose, is there
>> a danger that readers will incorrectly interpret old text
>> with new semantics. T
>>
>> I have no idea whether anything of significance will occur
>> but considering the thought put into terms like SHOULD
>> there exists a risk that would be mitigated if we picked
>> a new RFC number whereupon the reader would know
>> which definition the writers and reviewers were using.
>>
>> - Stewart
>>
>>
>>
>
>