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Misleading errata links
We have to add an errata link for W3C RECs, but even though the errata file contains no errata respec adds the field:
Errata: Errata exists.
This is misleading for newly published specifications that don't have any errata, as it pointlessly sends users to the errata file. I'm sure we'll get reports about it, and at some point users will probably just tune out the message, potentially missing when errata really is published.
I don't know that there's a perfect solution to this, as you probably can't republish the specification when you add errata to change the message, but can we use a label that doesn't definitively say that there is errata?
Maybe something like "Check for errata"?
The usual boilerplate seems to be:
Please check the errata for any errors or issues reported since publication.
With "errata" linking to the errata file.
Maybe it should just be the URL to the errata file?