I agree, and I think the original text is a better description of the requirement. Cheers, -Benson On Dec 8, 2011, at 1:02 PM, Thomas Narten wrote: > As background, the actual errata is at > http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=5226&eid=2715 > > In it Julian suggests (wdiff shows the proposed text changes): > > 5) Initial assignments and reservations. Clear instructions > [-should-] {+SHALL+} be provided to identify any initial > assignments or registrations. In addition, any ranges that > are {+"Unassigned" (only for those registries that have a > bounded size),+} to be [-reserved-] {+"Reserved", used+} for > "Private Use", [-"Reserved", "Unassigned",-] > {+"Experimentation",+} etc. [-should-] {+SHALL+} be clearly > indicated. > > I don't see the need for this. "should" seems good enough for > me. Also, the wording "any ranges that are ... etc." implies to me > that the list provided are examples and if a category doesn't apply, > you don't include it. > > In other words, I don't see a problem with the existing text that > warrants bothering with an errata. > > But maybe I'm missing what the problem is. > > Russ Housley <housley@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> Errata 2684 was entered against RFC 5226, "Guidelines for Writing an >> IANA Considerations Section in RFCs". After discussion with one of >> the RFC authors and IANA staff, I rejected the errata. > >> The errata author is saying that in many registries, there are no >> "unreserved" values. For registries where there are a finite number >> of entries possible, the "unreserved" has a clear meaning. For >> registries with an unbounded number of potential entries (such as >> media-types), the errata author is claiming that the "unreserved" >> label does not make sense. > >> I'd like to know what others think about this errata. > >> Russ >> _______________________________________________ >> Ietf mailing list >> Ietf@xxxxxxxx >> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf