On Sat, 2005-09-24 at 10:50 +1200, DrWho? wrote:
but don't forget an RFC is only a request for comment not a standard ;)
That's not correct. RFC's become standards because they are adopted by the majority of the Internet community through a consensus based process. The author of a particular piece of software can choose not to conform to the standard, as qmail's author has done. This action doesn't in any way lessen the legitimacy of the standard. If we take your proposition to it's logical conclusion, you're stating that TCP/IP isn't a standard. As a LUG we should be doing everything we can to promote the development, use and improvement of Open Standards such as the RFCs published by the IETF. You might find it informative to read up on the Internet Standards Process which is described in rfc 2026. http://coders.meta.net.nz/~perry/rfc/index-2026.html Cheers -- Matt Brown matt(a)mattb.net.nz Mob +64 275 611 544 www.mattb.net.nz