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Re: [DNSOP] Deprecating the status opcode

Joao Luis Silva Damas <joao@bondis.org> Thu, 16 May 2019 14:48 UTC

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Subject: Re: [DNSOP] Deprecating the status opcode
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> On 16 May 2019, at 12:23, Petr Špaček <petr.spacek@nic.cz> wrote:
> Personally I think it is not worth the effort, it will just add one more
> RFC to read and does not help the protocol maintenance.
> 
> I would say that it is better to have one "cleanup" RFC instead of
> one-off doc with one useful paragraph in it. With one bigger document we
> could say to newcommers "this is list of things you can ignore when you
> encounter them in pile of DNS RFCs”.

Agree. Also “obsolete” in a document often leads to the pursue of whatever obsoleted it and it is not always clear. A cleanup doc, ala “clarifications” would be a better approach

Joao

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