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Re: [Tools-discuss] xml2rfc archives vs datatracker

Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> Tue, 19 November 2019 08:43 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Tools-discuss] xml2rfc archives vs datatracker
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    > On 11/18/19 1:57 PM, Michael Richardson wrote:
    >> Hi, my understanding is that xml2rfc.ietf.org is just a redirect to
    >> tools.ietf.org, and is not yet supported.
    >> 
    >> Meanwhile, the datatracker.ietf.org is supported, and now are doing
    >> XML as primary submission format, and that involves the datatracker
    >> reaching out to xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org to run xml2rfc.  So, if
    >> xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org is down, or is missing a generated
    >> reference. file, then I can't submit documents via the datatracker.
    >> 
    >> (Or I have to submit .txt files, perhaps, which I don't know if I do
    >> programmatically)
    >> 
    >> What is the plan to rationalize this support situation?

    > The datatracker has its own instance of xml2rfc installed locally (see
    > the requirements.txt file).

    > When you submit through the datatracker, that local instance is
    > used. The datatracker does not call out to tools.ietf.org.

You misunderstand me.
The reference.* files are searched for on xml2rfc.tools.ietc.org/...bibxml*/...
So if the file is missing, the XML does not render.

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Michael Richardson <mcr+IETF@sandelman.ca>, Sandelman Software Works
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