RE: 2119bis -- Tying our hands?

2011-08-30 Thread Thomson, Martin
My first reaction was that the entire topic is a bike shed. The goal is clear and understandable specifications and 2119 is just a tool we use to make the process of producing and reading specifications more efficient. What I'm getting from this is that there are a significant number of drafts

Re: 2119bis -- Tying our hands?

2011-08-30 Thread Dean Willis
On 8/30/11 2:08 PM, Adam Roach wrote: Because the current suggestion -- which turns RFC writing into the game "Taboo" [1], but with incredibly common English words [2] as the forbidden list -- is ridiculous on its face. Don't use requirements language unless you absolutely have to. Otherwise,

Re: 2119bis -- Tying our hands?

2011-08-30 Thread Adam Roach
On 8/30/11 2:23 AM, Thomson, Martin wrote: On 2011-08-30 at 07:36:58, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: for long enough, I finally decided to submit an I-D that is intended to obsolete RFC 2119. IS THERE ANY CHANCE OF AGREEING THAT SHOUTING IS BAD? (i.e., Burger's first anti-law.) As opposed to mand