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Re: [Tools-discuss] emailing authors of an RFC

Bob Hinden <bob.hinden@gmail.com> Thu, 13 June 2019 15:22 UTC

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From: Bob Hinden <bob.hinden@gmail.com>
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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 08:22:34 -0700
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Subject: Re: [Tools-discuss] emailing authors of an RFC
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Henrik,

> On Jun 13, 2019, at 6:18 AM, Henrik Levkowetz <henrik@levkowetz.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2019-06-13 08:39, Carsten Bormann wrote:
>> On Jun 12, 2019, at 22:14, Henrik Levkowetz <henrik@levkowetz.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Do we have author aliases for RFCs?  Maybe we don't.
>>> 
>>> No.  Not sure if we should.
>> 
>> Yes, we should.  (See the discussion over at 
>> Archived-At: ⁨<https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/anima/sfev_MdLg-cgZTVFxE8jl3SQCIo>⁩
>> for an example why this would be a good idea.)
> 
> Let me clarify.  I wasn't trying to say that RFC author aliases wouldn't be
> a good thing, I was questioning whether the IETF should provide these, rather
> than the RFC Editor.

I agree, this is a question for the RFC Editor.

Personally, I am not sure I see too much value, as maintaining an alias over many years will be difficult.  Especially for people who don’t contribute frequently.  But that is again a question for the RFC Editor.

Thanks,
Bob

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