Re: [datatracker-rqmts] Tracking things other than drafts in lists

Blake Ramsdell <blaker@gmail.com> Wed, 19 January 2011 05:56 UTC

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Subject: Re: [datatracker-rqmts] Tracking things other than drafts in lists
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On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 8:45 PM, Barry Leiba <barryleiba@computer.org> wrote:
> My reasoning is that this should be part of tracking a document from
> beginning to end.  You watch it as a draft, you continue watching as
> it becomes an RFC, you see errata being posted, etc.
>
> Also, what that says to me is that if I'm watching
> draft-furbie-feedme-please, and that becomes RFC 6666, I should be
> watching that, as well, without having to do it manually.  (Or perhaps
> that should be an option when I start following it -- to specify
> whether I want to keep following it as it's replaced by
> draft-ietf-feedme-base-protocol and then by RFC 6666.)

I agree with Barry. I have implemented a protocol defined by an RFC. I
want to know anything that might affect my implementation.

I was not aware of errata for RFCs before I became a WG chair. I
imagine many other implementors are in the same boat.

Blake