Re: PATCH: cdrecord: avoiding scsi device numbering for ide devices

David Woodhouse
2004-08-06T08:26:49Z

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
§3.6.4 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).

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