[31053] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: bring sense to the ietf - volunteer for nomcom
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Shields)
Thu Sep 7 17:32:46 2000
To: Masataka Ohta <mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>
Cc: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>, Yakov Rekhter <yakov@cisco.com>,
nanog@merit.edu
From: Michael Shields <shields@msrl.com>
Date: 07 Sep 2000 21:29:49 +0000
In-Reply-To: Masataka Ohta's message of "Thu, 7 Sep 2000 22:54:22 +0859 ()"
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In article <200009071354.WAA27086@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>,
Masataka Ohta <mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp> wrote:
> Note that BCP9, RFC2026, says:
>
> publication for comments before proceeding further. The RFC Editor
> is expected to exercise his or her judgment concerning the editorial
> suitability of a document for publication with Experimental or
> Informational status, and may refuse to publish a document which, in
> the expert opinion of the RFC Editor, is unrelated to Internet
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> activity or falls below the technical and/or editorial standard for
> ^^^^^^^^
> RFCs.
>
> I should accept a fact that Jon Postel is really dead.
Yes, the RFC Editor "may refuse". From BCP 14 / RFC 2119: "This word,
or the adjective OPTIONAL, mean that an item is truly optional."
--
Shields.
