RE: Comments (Part 2) on HTTP I-D Rev 05 (Adams #84, Accept-Charset)

> 84. Section 14.2, pg. 93, 4th para., has "the server SHOULD send an
> error response with the 406 (not acceptable) status code, though the
> sending of an unacceptable response is also allowed." The effect of the
> final clause of this statement is to downgrade SHOULD to MAY.

"You SHOULD do A, but if you don't, you MAY do B."

does not downgrade the first SHOULD.

Larry