ietf-nntp new draft of base document available

[Clive D.W. Feather]

Stan O. Barber said:
>>> 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.

They don't help.

In several places I made a proposal and nobody said anything one way or the
other. It was only last week that I discovered you'd accepted some of them.

>> (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.

I will. But it would have helped if you'd *said* months ago that you
weren't accepting that change, and why.

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