> >> 2. I, too, noticed all the lower-case "should" and "may" words. I
> >> suggest that the best way to handle this is to make the following
> >> change to the RFC 2119 citation text at the beginning of section 2:
> >>
> >> NEW
> >> The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
> >> "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
> >> document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119] when they
> >> appear
> >> in ALL CAPS. These words also appear in this document in lower case as
> >> plain
> >> English words, absent their normative meanings.
> >
> > I don't mind changing that, but ID-nits gives a warning when the text about
> > keywords is changed and *everybody* likes to complain about that. Please
> > talk to IESG about whether using a variant of the standard text is
> > acceptable.
> I've used text like this before, and the IESG has never objected to
> it. One advantage with this formulation, which uses the standard 2119
> text and *appends* to it, is that idnits likes it and doesn't generate
> a warning.
More generally, ID-nits is supposed to be helpful. Straightjackets are not
helpful.
Ned
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