/ Robert Sayre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say:
| Martin Duerst wrote:
|> Of course I'm also for making an alternate link for a feed a
|> MAY rather than a MUST.
|
| I'm in favor of keeping it a MUST, but I could live with it becoming a
| SHOULD. As Sam says, all versions of RSS have made it a requirement.
| Feeds without a link will probably break some clients, so you better
| know what you're doing. OTOH, there have been some persuasive
| arguments for making it optional.
|
| If we change it, SHOULD seems like the right way to go: "the
| distinction between 'SHOULD' and 'MUST' in RFC2119 doesn't apply to
| stupid implementors."[0] :)

SHOULD works for me.

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

-- 
Norman Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | In a universe of electrons and selfish
http://nwalsh.com/            | genes, blind physical forces and
                              | genetic replication, some people are
                              | going to get hurt, other people are
                              | going to get lucky, and you won't find
                              | any rhyme or reason in it, nor any
                              | justice.--Richard Dawkins

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