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Re: It's Huntin' Season



On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 09:40:17AM +0000, malcolm@ivywell.screaming.net wrote:
> Ah, but it doesn't say "must", it says "should".

You're thinking of the RFC meanings of MUST and SHOULD here.  The policy
document uses those words differently.  Not following a "must" requirement
is a release-critical bug, and not following a "should" requirement is
a normal bug.  There's no difference in intent, just in severity.

Richard Braakman



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