I had reason to wonder what old versions of the ID guidelines looked
like, and when they changed recently, and wished there had been some
sort of version control maintained over it.
Please consider building something that self-documents at least dates of
changes?
RjS
On 12/15/21 4:00 PM, Stephan Wenger wrote:
.... a versioned list?
S.
On 12/15/21, 13:56, "ietf on behalf of Joel M. Halpern" <ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx on behalf of jmh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Good point. The RFC says that the Trust shall maintain the list. But,
as you say, it clearly can't apply retroactively. Not sure what the
right way is to handle it.
Yours,
Joel
On 12/15/2021 4:52 PM, Carsten Bormann wrote:
> On 2021-12-15, at 22:48, Joel M. Halpern <jmh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> First, it is not urgent to regularly update the list, since any code not listed can be marked using <code begins>.
>>
>> Still, second, yes, it is the trustees job to update the list.
>
> If the list is updated and starts to retroactively apply to RFCs already published, the set of rights granted also retroactively changes.
>
> So I think the way it is set up, it is important to maintain this list carefully, keep old versions, and document which RFCs have been published under which version.
>
> Grüße, Carsten
>
