From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267772AbUHFI0t (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Aug 2004 04:26:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266680AbUHFI0s (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Aug 2004 04:26:48 -0400 Received: from [213.146.154.40] ([213.146.154.40]:1436 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267772AbUHFIYV (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Aug 2004 04:24:21 -0400 Subject: Re: PATCH: cdrecord: avoiding scsi device numbering for ide devices From: David Woodhouse To: Joerg Schilling Cc: axboe@suse.de, kernel@wildsau.enemy.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200408060814.i768E3Pw005213@burner.fokus.fraunhofer.de> References: <200408060814.i768E3Pw005213@burner.fokus.fraunhofer.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Message-Id: <1091780651.4383.4702.camel@hades.cambridge.redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2.dwmw2.1) Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 09:24:11 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 10:14 +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote: > Before you are making the wrong conclsuions, I encourage you to read RFC-2822 > and to find somebody who is able to explain you the difference between the > words "must" and "should" when used in standards.... Actually I don't need to find somebody to explain it to me. RFC 2119 makes it very clear: 3. SHOULD This word, or the adjective "RECOMMENDED", mean that there may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances to ignore a particular item, but the full implications must be understood and carefully weighed before choosing a different course. Would you care to explain what valid reasons you have for ignoring ยง3.6.4 of RFC2822, and why those override the implications of doing so (which, as stated, is that you break the threading of your replies and cause the signal:noise ratio to degrade). -- dwmw2