Re: ISSUE #1414: Call for consensus

["Charles Lindsey" <chl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In <87irapo8oz.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Russ Allbery <rra@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:


>--- usepro.xml	2007-05-18 17:08:35.000000000 -0700
>+++ usepro-1414.xml	2007-05-18 17:26:33.000000000 -0700
>@@ -373,16 +373,22 @@
>+              <t>The agent MAY then prepend to the Path header field
>+              content "!" or "!!" followed by an additional
>+              &lt;path-identity> for itself other than its primary one.
>+              Using "!!", and thereby adding a &lt;diag-match> since the
>+              &lt;path-identity> clearly is verified, is RECOMMENDED.  This
>+              step may be repeated any number of times.  This is permitted
>+              for agents that have multiple &lt;path-identity>s (such as
>+              during a transition from one to another).  Each of these
>+              &lt;path-identity>s MUST meet the requirements set out in
>+              <xref target="path" />.</t>
>+
>+              <t>Finally, the agent MUST prepend its primary
>+              &lt;path-identity> to the Path header field content.  The
>+              primary &lt;path-identity> is the &lt;path-identity> it
>+              normally advertises to its peers for their use in generating
>+              &lt;path-diagnostic>s as described above.</t>

Yes, I think that is all agreed.

There remains the related ISSUE of whether agents may OMIT some entries
from the Path (e.g. when they merely record some inner communications
within the one site). But the proposed alteration to allow that affects a
different (earlier) piece of wording.

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