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Re: [rfc-i] John/rsoc: Re: Page numbers in RFCs questions / preferences

Robert Sparks <rjsparks@nostrum.com> Mon, 26 October 2020 18:59 UTC

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On 10/26/20 1:55 PM, John R. Levine wrote:
>>> No, it's something the IETF explicitly considered and rejected when 
>>> it designed the new format.
>>
>> Which "it"? If you meant epub, RFC7990 says
>
> No, I meant paginated text RFCs.  The arguments against them, that 
> people will misunderstand what they are and use the page numbers as 
> references, still seem persuasive to me.
Good. Given that this question has come up, again, perhaps we should 
document this in a reference-able format? A short draft documenting why 
the ietf infrastucture isn't providing such a thing, with a 
recommendation that nobody else does either perhaps?
> Indeed, what else would they use them for?
>
> Regards,
> John Levine, johnl@taugh.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for 
> Dummies",
> Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. https://jl.ly
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