I would point out that it is historically useful to be able to track changes between draft and full or proposed and draft and we don't list status information in the RFCs... Eliot john.loughney@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering if someone could help me out on this one. I was doing a bit > of analysis on the current RFC list, and noticed that some Draft Standard > documents are obsoleted. For example: > > 954 NICNAME/WHOIS. K. Harrenstien, M.K. Stahl, E.J. Feinler. > Oct-01-1985. (Format: TXT=7397 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC0812) (Obsoleted > by RFC3912) (Status: DRAFT STANDARD) > > This really made me scratch my head. One would imagine if a protocol is obsoleted > by another, it would not be listed as a Draft Standard any longer. > > What is the reason for continuing to list something obsolete as a Draft Standard? > > John > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > > _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf