From: Asmus Freytag (asmusf@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Sun Sep 20 2009 - 13:27:50 CDT
On 9/20/2009 9:21 AM, Harshula wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thank you all for your helpful feedback! I started with:
>
> a) 'Operating systems shall only recognise Level 1 compliant fonts as
> Sinhala fonts.'
>
> Taking into account the concerns that were raised, I've revised it to:
>
> b) 'Operating systems shall, to the extent of their capabilities, only
> recognise Level 1 or above compliant fonts as Sinhala fonts.'
>
> Is there a clear preference for replacing "shall" with "should". i.e.
> Changing it to a recommendation?:
>
> c) 'Operating systems should, to the extent of their capabilities, only
> recognise Level 1 or above compliant fonts as Sinhala fonts.'
>
> Please indicate your preference. Don't expect me to extrapolate from
> your previous comments.
>
"Should" is definitely the proper way to put this in a context like this.
A./
> I've taken particular note of the suggestions to utilise
> Wikipedia/Wiktionnary and to use a BSD license for any font checking
> code.
>
> cya,
> #
>
> On Wed, 2009-09-09 at 11:25 -0700, Asmus Freytag wrote:
>
>> On 9/9/2009 8:19 AM, Harshula wrote:
>>
>>>> better to state explicitly that fonts compliant to Level 1
>>>> *or above* are recognized, if that's what you mean, even though Levels 2
>>>> and 3 are defined elsewhere as supersets of lower levels. I think
>>>> Roozbeh may have mentioned this already.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> No, he did not. Thanks, I will incorporate that change. The other option
>>> is to change the "shall" to a "should". i.e. change it to a
>>> recommendation. Do you have any preference/comments on that?
>>>
>>>
>> I think you should be able to answer that in the affirmative given the
>> tenor of the discussion so far!
>>
>> A./
>>
>
>
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