>> The Statement of Work in the xml2rfc RFP was reviewed and modified >> by the people on the tool-development list. [...] >> >> There was an active discussion that resulted in many changes from >> what was first proposed. While this wasn't the whole community I >> think it a good representation of the people who are interested in >> the xml2rfc tool. > > Yeah, and the features list for the next version of MS Word will be > decided by polling the MS Word developers. > > You need to poll the *users* of the tool, not the *developers* of the > tool, to find out what is needed. The xml2rfc tool was declared critical to the IETF because of the use by the RFC Production Center. The volunteers that stepped forward to maintain the code when Marshall Rose declared that he was finished recommended the rewrite. Therefore, the things that the enhancements proposed by the RFC Production Center have priority, but the entire community will benefit from a tools that is easier to maintain and enhance. Russ _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf