Re: [Tools-discuss] Comments on draft-ietf-tools-draft-submission-08.txt

Yes, we did a rough survey, and XML was the preferred format by
a substantial majority, with a decent minority still using nroff,
and most of the rest assumed to be using Word.

BTW team, when can I expect a -09 draft to submit to the IESG?
Progress would be good.

    Brian

Matthew Elvey wrote:
> Sorry for the late comments, but it seems another round is in process 
> anyway...apologies for any duplicates.
> 
> Having given this a couple reads, most of my concerns were addressed.  
> Compression is IMO a silly feature, but its implementation is optional, 
> so that's OK. (And I wonder if HTTP 1.1 doesn't support compressed POSTs.)
> 
> I  still wonder if anyone has done a survey (formal or anecdotal 
> guesstimate) to determine what format drafts are created in (i.e. source 
> format) these days. Even though the RFC Editors reportedly* don't use  
> nroff/troff any more, it seems quite popular, and justifiably 
> preferred** by some users who've tried both.  I suppose they can 
> continue to submit drafts the old way, if they're just a vocal small 
> minority.
> 
> *http://www1.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/tools-discuss/current/msg00280.html
> **http://www1.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/tools-discuss/current/msg00301.html
> 
> Does the draft take into account that it is probably much easier for the 
> Secretariat to convert a document from one format to another (especially 
> given appropriate instructions or better yet standard procedure 
> regarding use of existing tools) than it is to compare two documents to 
> confirm that they are not substantially different?  Or am I mistaken?
> 
> Should one of the validation steps be approval (a good score from) an 
> anti-spam system such as SpamAssassin?  I guess this can be a feature 
> added later if it turns out it's needed.  I'd bet it will be.
> 
> -- 
> Matthew
> 
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