To:
djb@cr.yp.to (D. J. Bernstein)
Cc:
iesg@ietf.org, dnsop@cafax.se
From:
Larry Sheldon <lsheldon@creighton.edu>
Date:
Wed, 22 Mar 2000 18:07:49 CST
In-Reply-To:
<20000322232555.11584.qmail@cr.yp.to>; from "D. J. Bernstein" at Mar 22, 100 11:25 pm
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Subject:
Re: Last Call: Root Name Server Operational Requirements to BCP
> > BCP docs usually have > > nothing whatever to do with best, current, or practice, and never did. > > According to BCP 1, RFC 1818, by Jon Postel et al., the BCP documents > ``describe best current practices for the Internet community.'' > > I've read several BCPs, and I don't recall any of them trying to deceive > the reader as to what practices were current. The evaluation of ``best'' > is often based on amazingly naive criteria, but that's a separate issue. > > Anyway, no matter what the history was, and no matter what's been > published before, when you label something as ``current practice,'' > you're telling readers that it's current practice. In this case, it > certainly isn't current practice. Y'all certainly are tedious. -- -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- . . - L. F. (Larry) Sheldon, Jr. - . Unix Systems and Network Administration . - Creighton University Computer Center-Old Gym - . 2500 California Plaza . - Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A. 68178 Two identifying characterstics - . lsheldon@creighton.edu of System Administrators: . - 402 280-2254 (work) Infallibility, and the ability to - . 402 681-4726 (cellular) learn from their mistakes. . - 402 332-4622 (residence) - . http://www.creighton.edu/~lsheldon Adapted from Stephen Pinker . -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-