Re: [mpls] MPLS-RT review of draft-farbryantrel-mpls-retire-ach-tlv

"Adrian Farrel" <adrian@olddog.co.uk> Tue, 21 May 2013 23:55 UTC

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From: Adrian Farrel <adrian@olddog.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: [mpls] MPLS-RT review of draft-farbryantrel-mpls-retire-ach-tlv
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Oh,

I forgot to check the I-D!

> > . Section 3, if motivation of this document is to negate MUST in
> > Section 3 of RFC 5586 that ACH TLV Header preceeds G-ACh message,
> > then would following sufficiently express it: "A G-ACh message MAY
> > NOT be preceeded by an ACH TLV Header."
> 
> 1. "MAY NOT" is the stuff of RFC 6919, not RFC 2119. So you mean "MUST
>    NOT".
> 2. Doesn't deleting the whole section achieve the effect?
> 
> I suppose we could add an explicit statement if people feel strongly.

Section 3 *is* that explicit statement. So you are only asking about s/MUST
NOT/MAY NOT/.

I don't believe that makes sense.

Cheers,
Adrian