El Friday 18 July 2008 17:38:44 Attila Sipos escribió:
> Thanks Michael,
>
> This is useful to know.  Many people have misunderstood
> SHOULD including myself !!
>
> >>3. SHOULD   This word, or the adjective "RECOMMENDED", mean that there
> >>   may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances to ignore a
> >>   particular item, but the full implications must be understood and
> >>   carefully weighed before choosing a different course.
>
> I'm really not sneering or anything but maybe the SHOULD
> description MUST include a sentence saying:
>
>     "there may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances to use a
>      SHOULD instead of MUST, but the full implications must be understood
>      and carefully weighed before doing so.

I have an easier solution:

If RFC's would include just MUST instead of SHOULD and MUST then 
implementation would be easier, interoperatibility better and life happier.

Sometimes it seems that a RFC uses SHOULD instead of MUST because the author 
is not totally sure about what he's writting.

Signed by:  a currently frustrated implementor.



-- 
Iñaki Baz Castillo
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