[ietf-dkim] Issue 1561: Development & Deployment guide improperly uses normative language

[Stephen Farrell]

Dave Crocker wrote:
> 
> 
> Stephen Farrell wrote:
>> Not sure it was so strong. I'd interpret the list consensus as
>> being to remove all normative statements where possible with
>> some people (but maybe not a consensus) saying that that should
>> get rid of them all.
>>
>> If there's something that the editors feel should be normative
>> in the deployment guide then I guess we'll need to deal with
>> that based on the next rev, but that should be easier if we
>> get rid of unnecessary 2119 language.
> 
> 
> I'm going to be picky about this guidance, only because I know it will 
> bite us in the ass later, if there is any issue, so I'd rather get this 
> settled before we do serious revising:

I don't think you're being picky.

>   The -Overview is scheduled to be Informational.  It can't have 
> normative text and be a working group document at Informational, IMO.  
> In any event, having it contain stray normative text -- absent a very 
> clear mandate for very specific areas to specify -- invites confusion 
> rather than clarity.

I agree. But this issue relates to the deployment guide, not the
overview. If we also have a similar consensus about the deployment
guide, then I think that makes sense but I don't remember us
closing out on that yet (we did specifically for the overview).

>   And... my current reading of the draft under revision is that it has 
> no normative text.  My personal expectation is that it will stay that 
> way...

Again, that's good IMO.

S.