Re: Uppercase question for RFC2119 words

Francis Dupont <Francis.Dupont@fdupont.fr> Sun, 03 April 2016 19:04 UTC

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From: Francis Dupont <Francis.Dupont@fdupont.fr>
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Subject: Re: Uppercase question for RFC2119 words
In-reply-to: Your message of Mon, 28 Mar 2016 09:28:59 -0400. <20160328132859.GP88304@verdi>
Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2016 20:55:14 +0200
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As a draft reviewer I often found the RFC 2119 really needs a small
update about this particulat point so I STRONGLY support your idea!

Thanks

Francis.Dupont@fdupont.fr

PS: I am for option 2: only uppercase keywords are keywords, others
simply belong to the English language.