Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-ldup-lcup-04.txt

John Merrells <[email protected]> Mon, 10 Mar 2003 21:05:21 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.ldup
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Kurt D. Zeilenga wrote:

>>>and/or "overly chattiness" would be harmful.
>>>
>>That's implementation defined.
>>
>
>Chattiness should be defined in terms of the protocol
>and the operations they perform.  Not only should
>protocols be designed to avoid overly chattiness,
>where the protocol implementation allows for
>chatty protocol exchanges, the specification should
>discuss chattiness issues and state appropriate
>imperatives.
>
>The LCUP I-D makes some statements in this area, I believe
>more is necessary and will over specific suggestions
>at a later date.
>
Sure, add implementation advise, but you can't mandate against
bad implementations.

John