Maybe we're attacking that part of it the wrong way.
What is it that makes those "cosmetic" changes, to "get the format
just right", so important? Do we really care whether there's an
extra blank line, or the indentation is one character too much?
Well, yes, we do. At least, the RFC Editor cares, and we believe
you should care too. Blank lines are not just randomly inserted...
they are put in to enhance readability
Oh, sure, I get that, and I'm not suggesting that we ignore that. I'm
asking this: If the author and the last-call commentors think the
output of xml2rfc looks good, what is that that you "tweak" with nroff
that's necessary at that point?
When you say that you make cosmetic changes beyond what's been done
with xml2rfc, and agreed to by those who've reviewed it, I presume
you're making stylistic changes that the RFC editor cares about that
"we" didn't (if we did, we'd have already made those changes). I'm
wonder what sorts of things those are, and whether they're really worth
all the extra overhead.
Barry
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