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Re: I'm struggling with 2219 language again

2013-01-07 15:07:09
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On 01/07/2013 12:19 PM, Dean Willis wrote:

Well, I've learned some things here, and shall attempt to summarize:

1) First. the "1" key is really close to the "2" key, and my spell-checker 
doesn't care. Apparently,  I'm not alone in this problem.

2) We're all over the map in our use of 2119 language, and it is creating 
many headaches beyond my own.

3) The majority of respondents feel that 2119 language should be used as 
stated in 2119 -- sparingly, and free that MUST is not a substitute for 
"does". But some people feel we need a more formal specification language 
that goes beyond "key point compliance" or "requirements definition", and 
some are using 2119 words in that role and like it.

I'm torn as to what to do with the draft in question. I picked up an 
editorial role after the authors fatigued in response to some 100+ AD 
comments (with several DISCUSSes) and a gen-art review that proposed
adding several hundred 2119 invocations (and that was backed up with a
DISCUSS demeaning that the gen-art comments be dealt with). My co-editor,
who is doing most of the key-stroking, favors lots of 2119 language. And I
think it turns the draft into unreadable felrgercarb.

My proposal for the aforementioned draft is to put on hold for now the edits
related to this discussion, then let the WG, IETF (during last call) and IESG
decide what to do.  The edits are done and ready to be merged, so the painful
part is already done: https://github.com/petithug/p2psip-base-master/branches.

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Marc Petit-Huguenin
Email: marc(_at_)petit-huguenin(_dot_)org
Blog: http://blog.marc.petit-huguenin.org
Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/petithug
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