Re: Is the invariants draft really standards track?

Martin Thomson <mt@lowentropy.net> Tue, 26 May 2020 23:18 UTC

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Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 09:18:06 +1000
From: Martin Thomson <mt@lowentropy.net>
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Subject: Re: Is the invariants draft really standards track?
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On Wed, May 27, 2020, at 03:55, Martin Duke wrote:
> The only RFC 2119 keywords in this document 

Just because we don't use MUST (much), it doesn't make the language any less normative.

> What do others think?

I think that this has to be standards track.  It's making a commitment.  If we need more MUSTs, then feel free to propose it.