Re: [Acme] Editorial fixes in GitHub

Josh Soref <jsoref@gmail.com> Wed, 25 January 2017 13:32 UTC

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Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2017 08:32:45 -0500
From: Josh Soref <jsoref@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Acme] Editorial fixes in GitHub
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Please don't. I just started and haven't had time to explain the problems certbot and boulder are experiencing. 

But, on the spot:
The error handling approach doesn't scale well, doesn't lead to good errors for end users, and makes it virtually impossible for clients (like certbot) to provide localized error messages.