RE: New Version Notification for: draft-baryun-rfc2119-update-00.txt

[Adrian Farrel]

Barry,
 
Did you mean "bad" or "BAD"?
 
A
 
From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Barry
Leiba
Sent: 01 August 2012 17:04
To: Abdussalam Baryun
Cc: ietf
Subject: Re: New Version Notification for: draft-baryun-rfc2119-update-00.txt
 
I written this draft starting a RFC2119 update for the reasons of
discussion threads in [1] and [2]. Please check draft and feedback,
thanking you.
 
I agree with what Paul and Melinda have said.  This document is pointless, as
there is no actual problem that it's solving and no misunderstanding that it's
clarifying.  Further, it's actively *harmful*.  It's arguable that 2119 already
reserves too many words by giving them specific, normative meanings (SHALL *and*
MUST; SHOULD *and* RECOMMENDED).  Adding IF, THEN, and ELSE would not only be
unnecessary, but downright *bad*.
 
Barry