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Re: [rfc-i] Really not a poll: RFCs with page numbers (pretty please) ?

Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com> Wed, 28 October 2020 13:03 UTC

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From: Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 06:03:07 -0700
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To: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [rfc-i] Really not a poll: RFCs with page numbers (pretty please) ?
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On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 5:00 AM Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
wrote:

> Am 28.10.2020 um 12:18 schrieb Henrik Levkowetz:
> > ...
> > Umm.  So why is it OK to provide this functionality as a script, but not
> OK
> > to make xml2rfc able to do it?  I'm not talking about the RFC Editor
> publishing
> > paginated text, I'm talking about permitting xml2rfc to do what you've
> just
> > provided a tool to do.
> > ...
>
> That's indeed a good question.
>

Indeed. Obviously, whenever we add little-used features to software
(assuming ad arguendo that this will be little-used) there is a risk of
them being a source of defects, but as Henrik says, this seems like a very
small change with a code path that is mostly already used.

-Ekr

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