Re: Postel's Law (Was Re: Inclusive terminology (instead of master/slave) for network bonding/LACP)

2024-02-25 Thread Mariusz Gronczewski
Dnia 2024-02-25, o godz. 11:22:50 Alain D D Williams napisał(a): > On Sat, Feb 24, 2024 at 07:44:44PM -0500, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 24, 2024 at 7:37 PM Andy Smith > > wrote: > > > > > > [...] > > > Turning back more to protocol design, we have spent decades > > > walking back

Re: Postel's Law (Was Re: Inclusive terminology (instead of master/slave) for network bonding/LACP)

2024-02-25 Thread Alain D D Williams
On Sat, Feb 24, 2024 at 07:44:44PM -0500, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > On Sat, Feb 24, 2024 at 7:37 PM Andy Smith wrote: > > > > [...] > > Turning back more to protocol design, we have spent decades walking > > back Postel's Law as we find more and more ways that being liberal > > in what our software

Re: Postel's Law (Was Re: Inclusive terminology (instead of master/slave) for network bonding/LACP)

2024-02-25 Thread Mariusz Gronczewski
Dnia 2024-02-24, o godz. 19:44:44 Jeffrey Walton napisał(a): > On Sat, Feb 24, 2024 at 7:37 PM Andy Smith > wrote: > > > > [...] > > Turning back more to protocol design, we have spent decades walking > > back Postel's Law as we find more and more ways that being liberal > > in what our

Re: Postel's Law (Was Re: Inclusive terminology (instead of master/slave) for network bonding/LACP)

2024-02-24 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Sat, Feb 24, 2024, 6:37 PM Andy Smith wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, Feb 24, 2024 at 04:54:12PM +, Alain D D Williams wrote: > > I sometimes think that something similar to Postel's Law but applied to > human > > interactions would be useful. However that is wishful thinking > > > I'm not

Re: Postel's Law (Was Re: Inclusive terminology (instead of master/slave) for network bonding/LACP)

2024-02-24 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Sat, Feb 24, 2024 at 7:37 PM Andy Smith wrote: > > [...] > Turning back more to protocol design, we have spent decades walking > back Postel's Law as we find more and more ways that being liberal > in what our software accepts is untenable in the face of a hostile > Internet. ++. Postel's Law

Postel's Law (Was Re: Inclusive terminology (instead of master/slave) for network bonding/LACP)

2024-02-24 Thread Andy Smith
Hi, On Sat, Feb 24, 2024 at 04:54:12PM +, Alain D D Williams wrote: > I sometimes think that something similar to Postel's Law but applied to human > interactions would be useful. However that is wishful thinking The basic assumption that people mean well is how con artists and high pressure