Re: [rfc-i] I-D expiry [was Re: RFCs vs Standards]

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On Dec 9, 2024, at 7:20 AM, Eliot Lear <lear@xxxxxxx> wrote:

What I care about is this:

The IETF community (and those generating IRTF and independent submissions) need a way to signal to the community that draft means just that: it's draft work, and not intended for broad deployment.  Otherwise, we end up with all of the support issues I mentioned earlier.

Eliot

There’s no way to avoid that in any public message even it it is stated explicitly

Lots of things get deployed even when they aren’t in such messages.

I.e., that doesn’t seem avoidable.

Joe