Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words
draft-leiba-rfc2119-update-02
Yes
(Alvaro Retana)
(Ben Campbell)
(Benoît Claise)
(Jari Arkko)
(Kathleen Moriarty)
(Mirja Kühlewind)
(Spencer Dawkins)
(Suresh Krishnan)
No Objection
(Alia Atlas)
(Alissa Cooper)
(Deborah Brungard)
(Joel Jaeggli)
Note: This ballot was opened for revision 02 and is now closed.
Alexey Melnikov Former IESG member
Yes
Yes
(2017-03-15)
Unknown
I might be stating the obvious, but would this require tool changes, such as idnits?
Alvaro Retana Former IESG member
Yes
Yes
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Unknown
Ben Campbell Former IESG member
Yes
Yes
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Unknown
Benoît Claise Former IESG member
Yes
Yes
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Unknown
Jari Arkko Former IESG member
Yes
Yes
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Unknown
Kathleen Moriarty Former IESG member
Yes
Yes
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Unknown
Mirja Kühlewind Former IESG member
Yes
Yes
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Unknown
Spencer Dawkins Former IESG member
Yes
Yes
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Unknown
Suresh Krishnan Former IESG member
Yes
Yes
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Unknown
Alia Atlas Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection
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Unknown
Alissa Cooper Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection
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Unknown
Deborah Brungard Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection
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Unknown
Joel Jaeggli Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection
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Unknown
Stephen Farrell Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection
(2017-03-16)
Unknown
I predict that despite this well-meaning update, the IESG will in future enjoy the same process nit debates but instead of those being about upper/lower case must, they'll be about whether the boilerplate ought reference 2119 or BCP14. I'm happy I'll not be there for those:-)