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