> "Sean" == Sean Whitton writes:
Sean> Hello,
Sean> On Wed 26 Apr 2023 at 04:48PM -06, Sam Hartman wrote:
>> I guess that's consistent with RFC 2119. And RFC 2119 SHOULD
>> means that the requirement is RECOMMENDED, and an implementation
>> that does not follow the SHOULD needs to have a reason for not
>> following the recommendation.
Sean> Just to note that Debian Policy's definition of these terms is
Sean> not quite the same as the RFC process definitions (I know you
Sean> know this -- just wanted to note that they're not the most
Sean> relevant definitions).
Agreed.
I rated the chance that Simon knew the difference between RFC 2119 and
policy language and spoke with precision at about 80%. But to reinforce
that I picked a flamboyant usage of RFC 2119 in a manner that did not
fit policy to make sure that it fit Simon's usage, and for Simon to
realize the difference and say "hey no I meant policy language," if on
reading my text he realized RFC 2119was not what he meant.
Responding to a developer with somewhat less experience I would have
just asked whether they really meant to be using policy language.
