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Re: RFC 2152 - UTF-7 clarification

2015-10-08 21:33:44
RFC 2152 may be informational, but it is normatively referenced
from a standards-track document.

(which one?)

well, that makes a mockery of the whole informational/standards-track 
distinction.

The RFC Editor errata process is really just for determining (formally) if 
there is an error.
After that, it can be pretty open; and community consensus is not formal.

Lloyd Wood
http://about.me/lloydwood
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From: John C Klensin <john-ietf(_at_)jck(_dot_)com>
Sent: Friday, 9 October 2015 12:29 AM
To: Wood L  Dr (Elec Electronic Eng); amichai2(_at_)amichais(_dot_)net; 
ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
Subject: Re: RFC 2152 - UTF-7 clarification

--On Thursday, October 08, 2015 06:01 +0000 
l(_dot_)wood(_at_)surrey(_dot_)ac(_dot_)uk
wrote:

The best place to raise this erratum for formal consideration
would be https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata.php

Actually, Lloyd, probably not.  RFC 2152 may be informational,
but it is normatively referenced from a standards-track
document.  If an alteration or clarification to its definition
is required, the fix really ought to have community consensus
and the RFC errata process is not at all good for that.  Those
who are interested in ITF-7 and its applicability may want to
see the related discussion on the apps-discuss list.

    john



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