Re: should vs must
On Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 12:06:26AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 02:00:59PM +0000, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> > The two issues:
> > (1) What we demand of packages to comply with policy.
> requirements (MUST) and recommendations (SHOULD)
>
> > (2) What we consider RC.
> requirements (MUST)
>
> > And the suggestion is that we find some way of clarifying the
> > distinction.
You're right. Sorry.
I finally tracked down the source of my confusion. There's a footnote
at the start of policy which refers the reader to RFC 2119, which I
then read. But policy uses the terms in an essentially different
way. And then Sam mentioned the RFC meanings again.... I just got
them thoroughly muddled. Too many late nights.
OK, back to our regularly scheduled programming!
Julian
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