From: Thorfinn (thorfinn@tertius.net.au)
Date: Mon Jan 01 2001 - 18:18:02 CST
On Fri 29 Dec 2000 at 06:20:40PM +0000, in <G6CDMG.7Kn@clw.cs.man.ac.uk>,
Charles Lindsey <chl@clw.cs.man.ac.uk> wrote:
> In <ylsnn8gw26.fsf@windlord.stanford.edu> Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu> writes:
[ Re: quoting sigs or not ]
> >I'll pipe up on this one and say that I think this has no business
> >whatsoever in this standard. This is a GNKSA thing.
> We seem to have some strong opinions here. I have put you down as
> prefering Ought to SHOULD (I think it has to be one or the other). More
> opinions needed.
Ought. What is or is not a signature is a protocol issue. What to
*do* with that signature is hardly an interoperability issue. It's
"nice" to not quote it, but it isn't a problem if it is, or if it
isn't.
Later,
Thorfinn
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