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Re: SVG icons



On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 09:16:06PM -0600, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> > Note that's a "may" and a "should", not a "must". IIRC they only trigger
> > lintian warnings, not errors.
> 
> If I tell my son, "You may not go play in the rain.", he knows 
> that he can't go play in the rain.

<OT>
If you tell your som, "You must not go play in the rain", it's the best
way to be sure he'll be doing it ;)
</OT>

> Thus, "may" in this context is ambiguous.  "Should" is only slightly
> less so.

See RFC 2119. I think usages of may, should, must and stuff should
follow these explanations.

Mike



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