RE: The Evils of Informational RFC's

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx [mailto:ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Eric Burger
> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 4:05 PM
> To: Bob Hinden
> Cc: IETF Discussion
> Subject: Re: The Evils of Informational RFC's
> 
> I would offer RFC 5211 is PRECISELY the kind of RFC the IETF should NOT
> be publishing!  I can see the press release now: "IETF publishes IPv6
> transition plan."   NO ONE OUTSIDE THE IETF has a clue the RFC Editor
> is NOT the IETF.  "RFC = IETF" is the *reality*, no matter how much we
> say it is not.
> 


Eric,

The following text appears on page 1 of RFC 5211:

IESG Note

   This RFC is not a candidate for any level of Internet Standard.  The
   IETF disclaims any knowledge of the fitness of this RFC for any
   purpose and notes that the decision to publish is not based on IETF
   review apart from IESG review for conflict with IETF work.  RFC
   Editor has chosen to publish this document at its discretion.  See
   RFC 3932 for more information.

The IESG note should be clear to anyone who actually reads the RFC. 

                                                     Ron
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