On Aug 31, 2011, at 9:57 AM, hector wrote:
SHOULD is IMO most often useful not when specifying how a protocol acts "on
the wire", but when specifying how a protocol needs to be implemented on a
particular platform, where the precise semantics, API details, etc.
naturally differ from one platform to another.
Yeah, but its also very very useful to offering what parts of a protocol are
on and off and let operators decide what they want. Don't we already do this?
yes, it is done to some degree. but that's not, in general, a desirable
practice. (though there are cases where it can be justified).
Keith
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