In article <136271A4-28AD-4615-AD7E-EB63B95C05C3@xxxxxxx> you write: >On Nov 28, 2019, at 17:33, John C Klensin <john-ietf@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> So, even if it is too late to reconsider these decisions, I hope >> we can at least be aware of possible negative side effects. > >It is never too late to fix this bug. One of the biggest advantages of making the XML the canonical format is that the other formats are *not* canonical so they can be recreated in whatever form we want. If people want a line printer page image version with form feeds, I don't think that would be particularly hard to arrange in addition to the other formats. R's, John
