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Re: [Rfc-markdown] [xml2rfc-dev] [xml2rfc] New xml2rfc release: v2.25.0

Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org> Fri, 30 August 2019 04:46 UTC

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On Aug 29, 2019, at 22:49, Robert Moskowitz <rgm@htt-consult.com> wrote:
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> I also foresee a possible challenge in that I do a lot of copy and paste from old drafts to new, and I could end up dragging something into converted draft that is not for v3 from an unconverted old file.

For the next decade or so, the v2v3 avenue is going to be the one that many drafts will use.
Going for v3 only source gives you more control (maybe; some of this control is wrested away from you in the preptool), but has little practical value to most RFC authors in an organization where documents take 3 to 7 years to gestate.

Grüße, Carsten

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