Re: [PATCH 2/7] pack-protocol.txt: Mark LF in command-list as optional

From: Dave Borowitz <dborowitz@google.com>
Date: Jul 1, 2015, 18:46 UTC
Message-ID: <CAD0k6qRosOZqnmQ=HW6FWYV5pi-HYCK0wYgHnpQkD5R5eRSoug@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAGZ79kY-T8k7GjCUxKh5p_bf_t1+M8jRoBPDFp0hpExYmE8y=g@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 11:21 AM, Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> wrote:

> I think the problem with this part of the documentation is its ambiguity on
> what exactly we want to document. The sender SHOULD put an LF, while
> the receiver MUST NOT assume the LF is there always, so I guess it's best
> to mark it optional from a receivers point of view.

To be clear, this patch is a partial fix to one particular spec in the file. See 1/7 for the general warning not to trust these. Auditing the file completely was not the goal of this series.

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