Re: [Rfc-markdown] [xml2rfc-dev] <br> is back, was: New xml2rfc release: v2.32.0

"Paul Hoffman" <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> Sat, 05 October 2019 14:46 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Rfc-markdown] [xml2rfc-dev] <br> is back, was: New xml2rfc release: v2.32.0
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On 4 Oct 2019, at 9:29, Julian Reschke wrote:

> On 04.10.2019 17:34, Henrik Levkowetz wrote:
>> ...
>> I'm strongly for having an explicit <br/> element.
>>
>> Given a clearly expressed need from the RPC, I will always try to 
>> provide
>> tools to make it possible for them to do their work.  Without having 
>> <br/>
>> available, this was a fallback solution.  Continuing to ignore 
>> clearly
>> expressed needs of the RPC seems unproductive.
>> ...
>
> I would like the RPC to actually raise these issues here, so that we 
> can
> discuss them.

A big +1 to this. Otherwise, we will get solutions like the one just 
implemented that go against standards guidance like using U+2028, which 
is deprecated.

> In this case, I'd really like to understand in which contexts this was
> considered to be needed.

Yes, that.

> And no, nobody is proposing to ignore the RPC.

We can't ignore them if we can't hear them.

--Paul Hoffman