[rfc-i] Errata proposal

[Phillip Hallam-Baker]

One major improvement that can be realized with a shift to HTML here
is that the HTML document can be updated to note when and where errata
exist.

So when RFC42 says 'The Ravenous Bugblatter beast of Thrall makes a
good meal for visiting tourists', this might be updated to read 'The
Ravenous Bugblatter beast of Thrall makes a good meal for [Errata: of]
visiting tourists'

On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 4:44 PM, Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman at vpnc.org> wrote:
> On Aug 20, 2012, at 12:57 PM, Marc Petit-Huguenin <petithug at acm.org> wrote:
>
>> I would like to propose to add some text to the errata web page[1] asking a
>> potential submitter to first discuss the errata with the authors of the RFC
>> and/or on the appropriate mailing-list.
>>
>> Errata are difficult to track[2] for implementers and so I think that we
>> should be very cautious before adding one.  The last[3] errata added for RFC
>> 5389 is a good example of someone who mistook the errata database for
>> stackoverflow.com.
>>
>> So I would like to propose to add something like this in bold characters to
>> the web page:
>>
>> "We strongly suggest to discuss with the authors of the RFC or in the
>> mailing-list that originated this RFC before submitting a new errata."
>
> +1
>
> --Paul Hoffman
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