> -----Original Message----- > From: ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx [mailto:ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Hector > Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 10:57 AM > Cc: IETF discussion list > Subject: Re: 2119bis > > > But I don't think there's anything wrong with the definitions as we have them; > > I think they've served us well for the last fourteen years. > > Correct and by far, most deployments have use SHOULD = OPTION with an > documented right to IGNORE - so be it written so be it followed. This sentence is self-contradictory. "SHOULD" is, by definition, not "OPTIONAL". _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf