Bob, Weirdness? No part of the RFC Editor's "job" has ever involved deliberate modification of text that reflects a carefully crafted compromise position. In the past, when any such modification has occurred inadvertently, it would usually have been reversed during an Auth48. I believe what we're trying to do is define what the RFC Editor does already in terms that might allow us to off-load part of that task. So, NO I am not saying "Don't do your job most of the time" - what I am saying is that "restraint should be used in this task to avoid doing more than the task requires." To make this something we can look at more objectively, let's look at a different example of the same usage. Surely, you would agree that a statement such as - "People should refrain from allowing their passion for precise terminology usage to prevent essential communication from ever taking place" - is a far cry from - "Nit-picking is prohibited." -- Eric --> -----Original Message----- --> From: Bob Braden [mailto:braden@xxxxxxx] --> Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 5:17 PM --> To: jmh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Eric.Gray@xxxxxxxxxxx --> Cc: ietf@xxxxxxxx --> Subject: RE: LC on draft-mankin-pub-req-08.txt --> --> --> --> *> --> *> Bearing in mind that asking someone to "refrain from" --> *> doing something is a far cry from "prohibiting" it, see my --> *> comment above. --> *> --> --> Sorry, I don't get that fine distinction. Are you saying, "Don't --> do your job most of the time"? Wierdness abounds here. --> --> Bob Braden --> _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf