Subject: Re: [xml2rfc-dev] [xml2rfc] [Rfc-markdown] <br> is back, was: New xml2rfc release: v2.32.0

From: Julian Reschke <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 12:21:57 +0100

On 18.10.2019 12:36, Julian Reschke wrote:
> On 16.10.2019 20:01, Julian Reschke wrote:
>> On 08.10.2019 17:21, Sandy Ginoza wrote:
>>> Hi Tony,
>>>
>>>> On Oct 6, 2019, at 7:20 PM, HANSEN, TONY L <[email-masked]
>>>> <mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Sandy, does the RPC feel that the ability to add a line break is
>>>> needed?
>>>
>>> Yes, the RPC would appreciate being able to use <br>.
>>> ...
>>
>> Just checking: absent <br/>, are you planning to use the Unicode escape
>> anytime soon? That would be a problem for the canonical XML, if we
>> decide to revert this change.
>> ...
>
> I note that there is one XML in AUTH48 using this (RFC 8668), so this
> really is a bit pressing.
> ...

OK, this is *really* frustrating.

We've discussed this *specific* problem for over two months. We knew the
RFC is in AUTH48. We agreed that <br> would be better here.

However, the RFC has been published as is, putting things into
"canonical XML" which are both undocumented and controversial.

Best regards, Julian