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Re: Make HTML and PDF more prominent, was: Re: Why the normative

2010-03-20 19:01:26
Without paper, I don't see the point of pagination.

On Mar 20, 2010, at 11:28 AM, Tim Bray wrote:


So you would argue that RFCs should normally be used in paper form? This is the 
only way I can see to avoid requiring internet access.

This idea seems sane to me. Given the  current policy, the documents are 
already not usable on the hundreds of millions of net-capable mobile devices;  
a high quality paper version would avoid making the false promise that RFCs are 
"available online".

On Mar 20, 2010 11:18 AM, "Donald Eastlake" 
<d3e3e3(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com<mailto:d3e3e3(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com>> wrote:

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 5:33 PM, Martin Rex 
<mrex(_at_)sap(_dot_)com<mailto:mrex(_at_)sap(_dot_)com>> wrote:
...




And if we should change anything about the Author's Address section,
then it would be to...

No. I have no problem with *supplementing* it with such a URL but any author 
listed on the front page should have an email address, a postal address, and a 
telephone number listed in the RFC. The model for an RFC is that of a permanent 
book, not an ephemeral web page. I am opposed to the migration of more of RFC 
content to links requiring Internet access and perpetual maintenance.

...

-Martin

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