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Re: [netmod] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC8342 (5514)

Juergen Schoenwaelder <j.schoenwaelder@jacobs-university.de> Mon, 08 October 2018 14:14 UTC

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Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2018 16:13:57 +0200
From: Juergen Schoenwaelder <j.schoenwaelder@jacobs-university.de>
To: Lou Berger <lberger@labn.net>
CC: Robert Wilton <rwilton@cisco.com>, Andy Bierman <andy@yumaworks.com>, Ignas Bagdonas <ibagdona@gmail.com>, NetMod WG <netmod@ietf.org>, Warren Kumari <warren@kumari.net>, RFC Errata System <rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org>
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Subject: Re: [netmod] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC8342 (5514)
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On Mon, Oct 08, 2018 at 08:57:33AM -0400, Lou Berger wrote:
> 
> I think it's clear that the reviewers, notably myself as shepherd, missed
> that this is a lowercase "must" and should have asked for clarification
> during the review process.
> 
> Having an errata saying this "must" really is a "MUST" is quite reasonable
> from my perspective.

As explained, technically speaking, the "must" is pointless in certain
situations. Making it a MUST does not make things any better.

/js

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