Re: I-D's, Table of Contents in the beginning in nroff macros

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  *> Of course this could be avoided by:
  *>  1) forget about toc, it isn't mandatory anyway (personally, I like them
  *> even in shorter drafts.. they give a good overview)

Actually, the RFC Editor agrees with you, so TOCs are required for
RFCs longer than 30 pages and recommended for an RFC longer than 15
pages.  See http://www.rfc-editor.org/policy.html.

RFC Editor