One clarification,
A computer program should do this for the RFC Editor.
I don't want to see even more manual processing steps introduced into this
procedure.
It should be pretty easy to derive a diff from the canonical XML source minus
comments. I don't think that the RFC XML should contain comments by the way,
looks like a covert channel to me. All manner of bad things could occur.
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From: John C Klensin [mailto:john-ietf(_at_)jck(_dot_)com]
Sent: Mon 26/11/2007 10:03 AM
To: Eliot Lear; Paul Hoffman
Cc: Working Group Chairs; Jari Arkko; IETF Discussion
Subject: Re: Lets be careful with those XML submissions to the RFC Editor
--On Monday, 26 November, 2007 11:21 +0100 Eliot Lear
<lear(_at_)cisco(_dot_)com> wrote:
This argues that XML files be submitted as the authoritative
source at the time of WGLC, Paul, if they are going to be
submitted at all, and the I-D manager generates the text. I'm
fine with that, by the way.
Eliot,
I'd urge a little caution on this. I can't speak for others,
but I tend to extensively annotate my working source extensively
with comments about the source of a change, obsolete or
alternate proposed text, proposals under discussion and what I
think about them, etc. I generally consider that material
confidential, especially when it responds to comments received
off-list. I typically remove material of that type before
handing the XML over to the RFC Editor but taking it out of the
working drafts prior to WGLC or even prior to IETF LC (when some
of it might be needed to review discussions of an issues and how
and why it was resolved) risks the loss of important information.
It seems to me that, regardless of whatever else we do, the RFC
Editor should generate a document from the XML and compare it to
whatever the IESG approved before going forward. Even if we
insert other steps, that is probably a necessary precaution. I
believe it is also sufficient, which makes it especially
attractive.
john
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