ID-nits [was Re: suggestions (voting)]

[avri doria]

i think the nits document goes beyond things that are just
formatting related and thus could not be fixed by any tool,
no matter what letter it starts with.

i.e., the nits doc is not composed of form nits only, there
is also a section on content and one on protocols.
for example, it discusses the need to deal with differentiating
normative references from non normative references and the
need to take the co-existence of ipv4 and ipv6 into account.

the reason it is needed, i assume, is that not everyone is properly
informed on all the details required in a properly formatted RFC
submission.  the nits serves as a check list for WG chairs and
editors before submitting a doc to the IESG.  it is a way for us to make
sure we are meeting all of the requirements and allows us to fix things
first and avoid the delay of having a document kicked  back.

a.

ps. what does conservative have to do with anything?

Leif Johansson wrote:
> Sam Hartman wrote:
> 
>>>>>>> "Marc" == Marc Blanchet <Marc.Blanchet@viagenie.qc.ca> writes:
>>>>>>
> 
> <snip>
> 
>> A particular bad case that seems fairly likely is that we spend
>> significant time debating solutions to a relatively unimportant
>> problem and ignore clear statements of more important problems.
>>
> 
> I agree. In this spirit I will try to bring up another problem (?):
> 
> Why do we need the ID-nits document, or rather: why does it need
> to be so long? Obviously part of the problem is that people are
> unable to write correctly formatted text (hence the word nits). It
> would be interesting to know just how much time is spent by all
> involved doing clean-up usually left to software. I.e is this a
> real problem or not?
> 
> Since we are in the problem formulation stage I will not use the
> x-word just yet :-) However I do believe that the general
> conservative outlook (if that is the word I'm after) of many
> ietf members is at the heart of the problem.
> 
>     Cheers Leif
> 


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Avri Doria
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