Re: [Tools-discuss] too long draft names error

[Henrik Levkowetz <[e-mail]>]

Hi Brian,

On 2019-06-17 23:36, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
> On 18-Jun-19 01:25, Henrik Levkowetz wrote:
>> Hi Michael,
>> 
>> On 2019-06-17 14:47, Michael Richardson wrote:
>>>
>>> I think that there mus tbe something wrong with the error message:
>>>
>>> %make submit
>>> curl -S -F "user=[e-mail]" -F "xml=@rfc7030est-clarifications.xml" https://datatracker.ietf.org/api/submit
>>> Validation Error: {'__all__': [u"Expected name 'draft-...' using lowercase ascii letters, digits, and hyphen; found 'draft-richardson-lamps-rfc7030est-clarifications-00'."]}%
>>>
>>> I had the same error using the web interface.
>>>
>>> I shortened the draft name to draft-richardson-lamps-rfc7030est-clarify-00
>>> and then it worked.  Maybe an additional error message would help?
>> 
>> Right.  Will fix.
> 
> Does anyone know why the rules limit names to 50 characters (https://www.ietf.org/standards/ids/guidelines/#7)? I'm not saying there shouldn't be a limit, but Michael's original name didn't seem unreasonable.

I don't, but here is what I know:

I introduced a check for the 50 character limit in idnits 1.95, 4 may 2006.

A copy of the 1id-guidelines.txt file I have from 2002 does not mention it, while a copy with timestamp 24 March 2005, internal date March 25, mentions
the limit.  That was written by Bill Fenner for the IESG.

The current guidelines has this in Change History:

   Changes from Feb 8, 2005 version to March 25, 2005 version:

    ...

   o  Spell out exactly how drafts are named.

which aligns with the explicit mention of the 50 character limit in the
March 24 version.


Best regards,

	Henrik