From: Roozbeh Pournader (roozbeh@htpassport.com)
Date: Mon Sep 28 2009 - 20:34:06 CDT
On Mon, 2009-09-21 at 02:21 +1000, Harshula wrote:
> 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.
None of the option are good enough for me. I think such language would
be forcing the hand of implementers.
But if SLS 1134 authors insist on having such language in the standard
in a newer version, I would suggest using "may". That would mean that
according to the standard, if an operating system applies such a rule
for filtering fonts, it will remain conforming to the standard.
Roozbeh
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