The short response to the information below is that it seems that the secretariat is still running version 2.12.00 of idnits, while the newer version 2.12.01 (released 4 Feb 2010) accepts the new boilerplate correctly. I'm notifying the secretariat so they can update to the newest version. --- The longer response is that diagnosing this required much more time than would have been required if all the requested and available information had been supplied below (instead of flippancy); further comments inline: On 2010-02-27 00:03 William Allen Simpson said the following: > Henrik Levkowetz wrote: >> On 2010-02-26 20:42 William Allen Simpson said the following: >>> As of Feb 9th, the IESG posted a second status boilerplate. But the tool >>> doesn't yet recognize it.... Be warned. >> >> Specifics, please? >> >> * Is this the idnits tool or some other tool? >> * Which version did you use? > > Whatever the IETF Secretariat is using. Not particularly helpful. The program version is indicated on the first line of its output. It would have been good if you'd provided the full output below, instead of snipping away part of it. > >> * Did you use the downloaded script or the web-service, and if so, with which URL? >> * Which boilerplate change specifically isn't recognized? I.e., what is your input? > > http://www.ietf.org/ietf-ftp/1id-guidelines.txt (I doubt the text below is what you actually submitted; but at least it does show the boilerplate you refer to.) > I-D Guidelines R. Housley (for the IESG) > Vigil Security > 9 February 2010 > > In the modern Internet, the need for stable URLs is more important > than providing multiple sites around the world to obtain I-Ds. > Also, search engines have replaced the need for a file containing > a collection of I-D abstracts. As a result, the second choice is: > > "This Internet-Draft is submitted in full conformance with the > provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. > > Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering > Task Force (IETF). Note that other groups may also distribute > working documents as Internet-Drafts. The list of current > Internet-Drafts is at http://datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/current. > > Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six > months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other > documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet- > Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as > "work in progress."" > > >> * What is the output of the tool, given your input? >> As indicated earlier, what you provide here is only part of the output, and you've managed to snip away the part which would have made the actual problem obvious without detective work. > ** The document seems to lack a 1id_guidelines paragraph about > Internet-Drafts being working documents -- however, there's a paragraph > with a matching beginning. Boilerplate error? > > 1id_guidelines, paragraph 1: > "Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task > Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. Note that other > groups may also distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts." > > ... text found in draft: > "Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task > Force (IETF). Note that other groups may also distribute working > ..................^ > documents as Internet-Drafts. The list of current Internet-Drafts > is at http://datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/current."; > > > ** The document seems to lack a 1id_guidelines paragraph about the list of > current Internet-Drafts. > > 1id_guidelines, paragraph 3: > "The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at > http://www.ietf.org/1id-abstracts.html"; > > ** The document seems to lack a 1id_guidelines paragraph about the list of > Shadow Directories. > > 1id_guidelines, paragraph 4: > "The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at > http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html"; > Henrik _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf