Paul Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> At 3:52 PM -0600 2/6/06, Spencer Dawkins wrote:
> > Given that we won't have consistency across all time, I don't know
> > why consistency across all documents published in a given month or
> > year matters.
> 
> I don't think that was Eric's point. He showed that a *revised RFC*
> had stylistic changes such as capitalization in the headings and
> copy-editing changes (for example, changing "that" for "which", or
> changing "since" to "because"). He pointed out a real mechanical
> problem: it is hard to use a diff-style tool to determine the relevant
> changes.
> 
> Thus, there may be a Techspec requirement here that the publisher not
> make purely stylistic changes on RFC revisions.

That's exactly the question I think is appropriate to be considering.

-Ekr

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