> On Oct 29, 2025, at 12:13 PM, Pete Resnick > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 29 Oct 2025, at 15:59, Paul Hoffman wrote: > >> On Oct 29, 2025, at 08:17, Rob Sayre <[email protected]> wrote: >>> We could also say "The RFC publication language is English." and then >>> something like Martin Thomson has here. Repetitious, but very clear. >> >> I'm finding it impossible to determine rough consensus on whether to include >> a sentence about English in draft-rswg-rfc7997bis. Earlier, it seemed quite >> strong that the WG wanted to leave this to the RFC Editor Style Guide; now >> there are many voices saying things about a possible sentence for >> draft-rswg-rfc7997bis. >> >> Please say (again) what you want for draft-rswg-rfc7997bis, and the chairs >> will determine the consensus. > > (Chair hat on) > > Solely from what has been said so far, I'm hearing that people do want a > mention of English as the document language in this document. I think it > would be "surprising" if the RPC decided to start publishing non-English > documents themselves without RSWG OK, which sounds to me like "RFCs are in > English" is already a policy, not just a style decision. The interesting > thing is that it's not documented anywhere I can find. So maybe it's worth > saying in this document.
Agree. I think it would be a policy change to allow publication of RFCs in languages other than English. Russ -- rswg mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
