Re: NEW ISSUE: Define "ought to"

On 2013-07-30 18:12, cowwoc wrote:
>      I understand this line of reasoning for MUST, but I fail to see the
> logic for SHOULD which by definition (being optional) does not "impose a

No, SHOULD is not "optional". MAY is optional.

> particular method on implementers where the method is not required for
> interoperability".
>
>      Are you looking for a way to say "this can be implemented one many
> ways, one approach is to X"?

No, "ought to" means "should", we just want to avoid the confusion with 
a BCP14-SHOULD.

Best regards, Julian

Received on Tuesday, 30 July 2013 18:59:57 UTC