[Rfc-markdown] initials handling, was: [xml2rfc] New xml2rfc release: v2.22.3

[Julian Reschke <[e-mail]>]

On 08.04.2019 13:18, Henrik Levkowetz wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> This is an automatic notification about a new xml2rfc release,
> v2.22.3, generated when running the mkrelease script.
>
> Release notes:
>
> xml2rfc (2.22.3) ietf; urgency=medium
>
>    This release brings further tweaks and imporvements to the v3 text
>    format output in the area of Table of Content formatting, and fixes a
>    number of bugs.
>
>    * Tweaked the handling of ToC page numbers in the v3 text format.
>
>    * Tweaked the xml inserted by the preptool for the ToC to give ToC
>      indentation and spacing which better match the legacy text format
>      (and also looks better).
>
>    * Added a rewrite of <svg> viewBox values to the simplest acceptable
>      format, to make sure it will be understood by our pdf generation libs.
>
>    * Added a test case for <xref section=...>
>
>    * Tweaked the section label for fragment <xref> rendering to say
>      'Appendix' instead of 'Section' for appendix references.
>
>    * Added a pre-rfc1272 reference to elements.xml to test the author
>      initials handling for early RFCs.
>
>    * Tweaked the get_initials() code for use on <reference> authors.
>      Refactored part of the text.render_reference() code to support
>      get_initials() properly.
>
>    * Added special initials handling for RFCs 1272 and below, to apply the
>      single initials handling enforced at that time.
> ...

Shouldn't the initials handling depend on what RFC the reference appears
in (as opposed to what RFC is being cited)???

Best regards, Julian