Dear Uncle Ben, On Wed, May 07, 2014 at 07:26:51PM +0200, P Vixie wrote: > The architectural context of a feature should not be divorced from its > specification. RFC is an imprimatur. With great power comes great > responsibility. >
I disagree with this point of view. I see nothing at all wrong with one thing that states clearly and precisely how a feature works, and another one that says, "Here is the wider environment in which such-and-thus thing works." Even the DNS protocol itself has this separation of duties, between 1034 and 1035 (though heaven knows the actual protocol specification could use some attention). If this were not the case, then in fact we'd have had to discuss the entire architectural context of any DNS feature. It only seems like the DNS RFCs are infinitely long. Best, A -- Andrew Sullivan [email protected] _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
