Re: Must and should again

[Peter Palfrader <weasel@debian.org>]

On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Richard Braakman wrote:

> > Must == have to do this
> > Should == we recommend you do this
> > May == we think it is a good idea, but is not always possible/sane/etc
> 
> These aren't the RFC definitions though.  MAY simply means it's
> optional, it doesn't have to be a good idea.  And SHOULD is stronger
> than a recommendation, it means you have to do this unless there's
> a good reason not to.

Maybe we could add WILL and SHALL to make things clearer?

/me runs.
					yours,
					peter

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