Ted, and all,
I tend to agree with your statement that errata on typos should be rejected
unless the typo changes the meaning of the document.
I remember an erratum filed on RFC where FEC has been erroneously exploded
(presumably by the RFC Editor) as "Forward Error Correction" instead of
"Forwarding Equivalence Class".
The general feeling has been that an reader with minimal basic background
knowledge required for understanding the document would not run to learn about
Reed-Solomon codes based on this error.
My 2c,
Sasha
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From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Ted Lemon
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Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 7:31 PM
To: Bharat Joshi
Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; Joe Touch; [email protected];
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Subject: Re: [Editorial Errata Reported] RFC4364 (3648)
On Jun 12, 2013, at 1:13 PM, Bharat Joshi <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think I made a mistake by submitting them as Errata without checking
> with others. I completely agree that I should have first send out a mail on
> the mailing list to ask the wider audience about this.
As a general rule, I think (this is my personal opinion, not any kind of
official statement) that it's pretty useless to submit errata for typos or
spelling errors unless the typo or spelling error changes the meaning of the
document in a way that would actually cause the reader to read something other
than what the author(s) intended. Someone has to look at these errata; before
spending someone's time, it's worth asking yourself if there is some benefit to
doing so. I think errata can be really useful, and even typos sometimes do
change the meaning of documents, but definitely do a little mental cost-benefit
analysis before submitting one!
Also, verb tenses are hard. :)
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