On 3 May 2006, at 3:30 PM, David Shaw wrote:
Squeaking in under the wire.
Section 7, Cleartext signature framework says:
It is desirable to sign a textual octet stream without ASCII
armoring the stream itself, so the signed text is still readable
without special software.
Suggest "It is sometimes desirable to sign ..."
(i.e. add a "sometimes". It's not always desirable to clearsign).
That really is a nit, and one that I disagree with. I will also admit
to crotchetiness today.
Saying "X is desirable" does not imply "~X is undesirable." There is
a middle ground between, "It's desirable to be able to park at the
airport" and "Taxis should be banned." Saying, I like ice cream does
not imply that I hate flan. I read that 'graph as saying
"Clearsigning, good." That's it.
Here's a counterproposal: "It is desirable to be able to sign..."
thus explicitly saying that it's an option. How's that? Better, worse
than yours? Or should we just leave it as is?
Jon