Re: [irsg] Resending: Page numbers in RFCs questions / preferences

Warren Kumari <warren@kumari.net> Mon, 26 October 2020 18:26 UTC

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From: Warren Kumari <warren@kumari.net>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 14:25:21 -0400
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Subject: Re: [irsg] Resending: Page numbers in RFCs questions / preferences
To: Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org>
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On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 1:45 PM Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org> wrote:
>
> On 2020-10-26, at 16:04, David Noveck <davenoveck@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Obviously, with canonical XML, there is no good solution to this problem:
> >
> > It's not clear what problem you are referring to.
>
> The problem will become very evident once you get an RFP asking that your product implement the procedure on page 68 of RFC 9815.

Yup -- I've already run into this sort of thing when talking with
authors and others -- I used to be able to say things like "Erm,
section 3, um... just above the bottom of the page..." and now it
involves much more quoting, etc.
I also liked to collect stats on documents that I review -- e.g:
(7,635 pages, ~31" / 79cm / 15 reams of single-sided paper).
Gamifying reviews makes them easier...


I really like the concept / history / continuity of RFCs being the
same over these many years; I didn't really participate in the v3
discussions, and am sad that the page numbers and similar have
changed...
W

>
> You cannot really argue this based on whether people SHOULD be using section numbers etc.  This is a real downside in the real world.
>
> Now whether that downside is overriding all the other upsides of having page numbers, can be a subject of discussion.
>
> Grüße, Carsten
>


-- 
I don't think the execution is relevant when it was obviously a bad
idea in the first place.
This is like putting rabid weasels in your pants, and later expressing
regret at having chosen those particular rabid weasels and that pair
of pants.
   ---maf