Scott, On one hand, most of these RFCs do not harm the Internet. However, if we don't clean house periodically, we are left with the following questions: 1) In the future, does the IETF have the latitude to do things that might break these old protocols? 2) If not, must the IETF maintain a cadre of people who are familiar with these old protocols to ensure that they are not broken? 3) If we don't maintain a cadre of people familiar with these RFCs, how should the community react to errata against them? Ron > -----Original Message----- > From: ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx [mailto:ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Scott O Bradner > Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 2:37 PM > To: Mykyta Yevstifeyev > Cc: IETF Discussion > Subject: Re: Pre-IETF RFCs to Historic (not really proposing) > > I'm fully supportive of reclassifying any RFCs that pose a risk to the > Internet > to historic but fail to see the usefulness of doing so for RFCs that > describe > unused but non-harmful technologies - seems like busywork and useless > at best. > > Scott > > On Sep 15, 2011, at 1:45 PM, Mykyta Yevstifeyev wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > I've recently received a message from Ronald Bonica, one of the ADs, > proposing undertaking an effort to reclassify many pre-IETF (pre-1000) > RFCs as Historic. However, I initially had a concern regarding > community consensus on such effort, and whether it will be accepted so > that the IESG may claim the former. Since I've already suggested a > very similar proposal, and there was a negative reaction of community, > I assumed the same would happen in the case Ronald pursued the work and > forwarded it to the IESG. So am I right? > > > > Mykyta > > _______________________________________________ > > Ietf mailing list > > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf