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[Tools-discuss] Re: [rfc-i] Re: too long URLs in references

"Martin J. Dürst" <duerst@it.aoyama.ac.jp> Mon, 10 August 2026 03:08 UTC

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On 2026-08-10 08:54, Salz, Rich wrote:

> On 8/9/26, 7:24 PM, "Michael Richardson" <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> wrote:
> 
> RS> The URL is annoyingly long.
> 
> 
>> For who?

Yes, exactly. Please note that our own standards (RFC 3986 among else) 
don't have length limits, and the limits of the implementations 
(browsers, servers,...) are way higher higher than the 72 characters 
that idnits is complaining about. Same for the 'average' URI created by 
your 'average' web framework.

Regards,   Martin.

> * 1. for the text version where it gets wrapped in a way that means it no
> * longer really works.
> 
> 
> 
> Enh, text is a legacy format. Seriously, just fold it and forget it.
> 
> 
> 
> * 2. for the idnits and xml2rfc that complain about exceeding 72 characters.
> *
> 
> * Noting that each time one has to ignore a warning, more warnings will get
> * lost.
> 
> 
> 
> That’s a good point. Adding tools-discuss. Someone should open issues to not complain if the long line has https: in it.
>

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