Re: [apps-discuss] Review of draft-ietf-6renum-gap-analysis-05

Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Tue, 16 April 2013 06:45 UTC

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Subject: Re: [apps-discuss] Review of draft-ietf-6renum-gap-analysis-05
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>>> "starts from existing work in [RFC5887],
>>> [I-D.chown-v6ops-renumber-thinkabout] and [RFC4192]." but the references
>>> to these documents are informative.  If the document is meant to be an extension,
>>> rather than a replacement, such that these documents must be read to get the full
>>> picture, than a normative reference may be better.

>> Well, we don't have a category for "informative, but really important context", so I leave it to you to pick.  I would personally likely choose normative to highlight their importance.
> 
> [Bing2] Ok, if normative could highlight the importance without implication of extension or replacement, then I think it is good. Thanks for the suggestion.

RFC 5887 and 4192 are Informational so cannot be normative, and the draft
is long-expired so cannot be normative.

Regards
   Brian