Re: #1029: USEFOR 3.2.2 References: Should comments be a MUST NOT? (fwd)

["Charles Lindsey" <chl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In <42C62014.B36@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Frank Ellermann <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>Charles Lindsey wrote:
> 
>>> 5. Agents MAY remove comments from References.
>> Aaarrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhh! No!

>For followup-agents it's perfectly okay.  For other UAs or even
>gateways it's tricky.  Looking again at it, actually it should
>be "followup-agents MAY replace CFWS by FWS", we don't want an
><a@b>(c)<d@e> to <a@b><d@e> effect, but <a@b> <d@e> is okay in
>a followup.  In fact it's better.

Indeed, for followup agents, it is fine, but most certainly not for others.

However, the currently proposed USEPRO wording allows all you could
possibly want as regards removing/inserting comments by followup-agents.



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