Re: "Historic" is wrong

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Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
    > On 31-Dec-24 06:54, Michael Richardson wrote:
    >> John C Klensin <john-ietf@xxxxxxx> wrote: > The other, which may be
    >> more practical and useful, suggests that we > should include a
    >> statement in every new RFC that says something like > "for up-to-date
    >> information about the status of this document, see..."  > and give a
    >> URL.  If we needed to drive that point home (given recent > debates,
    >> we probably do), we might also change "Category" at the top of > every
    >> RFC to "Category at the time of publication" or even "Status at > the
    >> time of publication" and include relevant STD or BCP numbers with >
    >> that label.  That would make it extremely clear that Category/Status >
    >> information was _not_ a permanent property of that particular RFC.
    >> +1.  I still think we need a richer lexicon than just Historic.  Can
    >> bike shedding this be added to the 2026 update group?

> Only as far as the IETF stream goes. It would be better for the changes

I'm fine with that restriction :-)
_Better is the enemy of good enough_

    > to be applicable to all streams (along with the question of who "owns"
    > the virtual Legacy stream, which is closely related to the UNKNOWN
    > question.

I disagree: we don't have a process that would allow us to get this consensus
for all streams.

    >> Alldispatch said:
    >>
    >>> 1. Standards Processes (Rich Salz)
    -> Charter a focused working group
    >>>
    >>> 2. The IETF Chair May Delegate (Lars Eggert)
    -> Charter a working group (possibly combined with #1 above)
    >> AFAIK, no list or WG or BOF has been proposed as yet?
    >> --
    >> Michael Richardson <mcr+IETF@xxxxxxxxxxxx> . o O ( IPv6 IøT consulting
    >> ) Sandelman Software Works Inc, Ottawa and Worldwide
    >>

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Michael Richardson <mcr+IETF@xxxxxxxxxxxx>   . o O ( IPv6 IøT consulting )
           Sandelman Software Works Inc, Ottawa and Worldwide




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