ietf-nntp new draft of base document available
Stan O. Barber
sob at verio.net
Wed Jul 19 09:23:53 PDT 2000
"Clive D.W. Feather" wrote:
>
> Stan O. Barber said:
> >> The problem is that you haven't *said* that you've made a change or given a
> >> reason for rejecting it. On other lists I get responses like "done" or "I
> >> don't want to make that change because ...". This list feels like a black
> >> hole for comments.
>
> > The diffs should show what has changed from the previous release. Are the diffs
> > not useful in showing what has been changed from the previous release?
>
> No, for two reasons:
>
> (1) They don't appear for months after the discussion that led to the
> change.
This is why there are mailing list archives.
> (2) They don't explain why changes weren't made.
Again, if there are questions about why certain changes were made or not, then
ask them.
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