RE: Poll: RFCs with page numbers (pretty please) ?

[Andrew Campling <[e-mail]>]

As general comment on the topic, I have to say that I'd never thought of either page numbers nor indeed pagination to be remotely controversial topics.  Clearly this debate is proving otherwise!  

For those of us that might prefer to read printed documents, especially documents of more than a few pages in length, page numbers are particularly help to ensure that the order of the documents does not become jumbled.  Those that appear to be taking a position that pagination is obsolete might want to reflect on the importance of making IETF materials readily accessible to a wider audience, many of whom may be accustomed to printable documents with tables of contents inclusive of page numbers, pages with footers incorporating page numbers etc.  

Andrew

-----Original Message-----
From: Carsten Bormann <[e-mail]> 
Sent: 26 October 2020 21:33
To: Brian E Carpenter <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: Poll: RFCs with page numbers (pretty please) ?

On 2020-10-26, at 22:16, Brian E Carpenter <[e-mail]> wrote:
> 
> Maybe it's because I was brought up on paper tape rather than punch cards,

Ah!  I used both in the 1970s, but more punch cards, and even my paper tape was mostly Z-folded not rolled…  That explains it.

> but I can't see why anybody cares about pagination in 2020.

Proof by lack of imagination :-)

Apparently these people do exist, and they have been speaking up with their use cases.

Grüße, Carsten