178133 - URN: Support RFC 2648 Syntax for RFC

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core :: Networking, enhancement)

Description

[jbucata]

Mozilla should support the syntax documented in <a href="urn:ietf:rfc:2648>RFC
2648</a> for URNs for RFCs.

Mozilla needs a resolver to convert the URN into an URL that can be retrieved
and displayed.  The user's preferred RFC mirror could be configured as a user
preference and used whenever such an URN is configured.  RFC 2648 has some
sample Perl scripts on how the whole process could be handled.

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

networking

Comment 2

[benc]

helpwanted is not for bug submissions anymore.

Comment 3

[benc]

+clean-report:
Does anyone know anything about the urn: handler? I've done some reading about
the syntax while working on the URL parsing tests, but have not seen any
real-world examples.

A description of IE's behavior would be useful as well.

Comment 4

[benc]

per bug 181135: all bugs owned by previous default owner that were not futured
are being reassigned to default owner.

Comment 5

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Confirming rfe.  Readding helpwanted, since I doubt anyone on the core necko
team will have time to get to this.  Someone will need to step up and do it.

Comment 6

[Daniel de Wildt]

*** Bug 302950 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7

[Christian :Biesinger (don't email me, ping me on IRC)]

*** Bug 302950 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8

[Doug Turner (:dougt)]

mass reassigning to nobody.