Tools-discuss is a better place for this (I've set the Reply-To):
On 5/25/22 10:15 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
I am helping a newbie with a new draft. idnits has the following
warning:
== Couldn't figure out when the document was first submitted --
there may
comments or warnings related to the use of a disclaimer for
pre-RFC5378
work that could not be issued because of this. Please check the
Legal
Provisions document at https://trustee.ietf.org/license-info to
determine
if you need the pre-RFC5378 disclaimer.
If this a new draft that is not copying in text (such as one might do
when preparing a bis document) from a Pre5378-era document, there's
nothing to do - the warning does not apply.
If you send me your draft source, I'll let you know why you're seeing
the warning. I suspect it's entirely because the draft hasn't been
submitted at all and idnits finds no metadata for it.
I can't figure out why. Perhaps it is related to these warnings can
be ignored?
-- Obsolete informational reference (is this intentional?): RFC 2246
(Obsoleted by RFC 4346)
-- Obsolete informational reference (is this intentional?): RFC 4346
(Obsoleted by RFC 5246)
-- Obsolete informational reference (is this intentional?): RFC 5246
(Obsoleted by RFC 8446)
-- Obsolete informational reference (is this intentional?): RFC 6347
(Obsoleted by RFC 9147)
And yes, they need to reference these older RFCs. Or, rather, I am
not the one to debate this point. I am just working with them to get
their work out.
Thanks
Bob
