Re: [yaco-idsubmit-tool] Invalid version number? canceling post-email?

Henrik Levkowetz <henrik@levkowetz.com> Mon, 14 March 2011 17:52 UTC

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Subject: Re: [yaco-idsubmit-tool] Invalid version number? canceling post-email?
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On 2011-03-14 17:58 Tony Hansen said:
> I uploaded a new version of draft-ietf-yam-pre-evaluation-template (-05) 
> and it complains about an invalid version number, saying version 04 
> expected. If I click on View Error, it shows an extract of the txt file 
> with the draft name highlighted. However, it does not explain *why* it 
> thinks that version number is in error and why version 04 is expected.
> 
> I changed the name of the file slightly and now it says that version 00 
> is expected. However, it does not explain *why* it thinks that version 
> number is in error and why version 00 is expected.
> 
> Another item: once the state has entered
> 
>      Status of the submission: Submitter Authentication Required
> 
> there appears to be no way to cancel a submission from the web without 
> using information from the email message. This has the effect that if 
> there's an issue with the email address that isn't caught until after 
> clicking "Submit" on the form, it evidently cannot be corrected without 
> operator intervention of some form via sending email to 
> ietf-action@ietf.org.

Right.  It should be possible both to cancel a hung submission where
confirmation is impossible due to an email problem, and to request that
a new confirmation email be sent (with the appropriate rate limiting).


	Henrik