Subject: Re: Beta testing of xml2rfc version 2

From: IETF Chair <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2013 14:30:36 -0500

Several bugs have been uncovered and resolved during beta testing.  Thanks for your help.

If you want to run xml2rfc on your own machine, it remains available from the sites listed in my earlier message (below).

The new version of xml2rfc is now used at xml.resource.org.  So, those people that use the web site will now get the new version by default.

Just in case you encounter a problem with the new version of xml2rfc, the old version will remain available for a while.  You can find the older version at:

	http://xml.resource.org/old.html

Russ

On Jan 18, 2013, at 7:52 PM, IETF Chair wrote:

> This announces the new xml2rfc implementation for beta testing.  There are two components: a command line interface and graphical user interfaces.
> 
> XML2RFC Version 2
> -----------------
> 
> The rewrite of xml2rfc in python, tagged with version numbers 2.x.y, have been unofficially available for some time, and it is now officially announced as available for use.
> 
> This package is a complete rewrite of the xml2rfc command-line functionality in python.  The command line tool is available from the main Python package repository, PyPi:
> 
> http://pypi.python.org/pypi/xml2rfc
> 
> or alternatively from:
> 
> http://tools.ietf.org/tools/xml2rfc2/cli/
> 
> A number of alternative installation methods are available, described on the PyPi page for xml2rfc.
> 
> There are some known issues with the current release, none of them major.  These are listed in the issue tracker:
> 
> http://tools.ietf.org/tools/xml2rfc/trac/report/9
> 
> Bug fixing is actively happening.  If you find bugs which are not already listed in the tracker, please add them.  Please help us find the bugs.  They cannot be fixed if we do not know about them.  Also, suggestions for improvements are welcome.
> 
> New releases will be announced at the xml2rfc mail list.
> 
> 
> GUI Frontends
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> 
> There are also GUI frontends available for Mac, Linux and Windows.  These are not undergoing active bugfixing at the moment, but should overall be in good enough shape for production use if you prefer a GUI interface instead of command-line for your XML to draft/rfc operations.
> 
> If you are going to install the GUI version, it is suggested that you first install the latest command-line version, and then the GUI front-end.
> 
> The GUI components can be downloaded from here:
> 
> http://tools.ietf.org/tools/xml2rfc2/gui/
> 
> Please note that in some cases, the GUI installers come with an embedded version of the base tool, and this version will not necessarily be the latest version available.  If you download and install a later version of the command-line tool, the GUI component should use that if it comes before the embedded version in your PATH, which will normally be the case.
> 
> 
> Feedback
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> 
> I hope you'll find that the rewrite of xml2rfc works well for you; it will certainly be easier to extend and bugfix than the previous version.  If you have feedback, regarding bugs or enhancement suggestions, please use the issue tracker at:
> 
> http://tools.ietf.org/tools/xml2rfc/trac/newticket
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
>   Russ Housley
>   IETF Chair
> 
>   Henrik Levkowetz
>   IETF Tools Program Manager