On 5/19/2011 7:34 PM, Michael Thomas wrote: > Since dev > managers literally looks at MUST's and SHOULD and ignore > MAY's to determine what gets implemented, this is not > quite as academic.
That's a rather significant assessment. It means that all of the Internet specifications done for the last 20 or 30 years, that have had the 'MAY' qualifier were wasting their effort. It's odd that working groups continue to use the construct, since you claim it is not at all useful for the software that implements the specifications. Such a basic claim warrants understanding its basis. Please share it. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net _______________________________________________ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html
