Re: [Gendispatch] I-D Action: draft-thomson-gendispatch-no-expiry-00.txt

"Martin Thomson" <mt@lowentropy.net> Wed, 06 November 2019 06:32 UTC

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Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 17:32:25 +1100
From: Martin Thomson <mt@lowentropy.net>
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Subject: Re: [Gendispatch] I-D Action: draft-thomson-gendispatch-no-expiry-00.txt
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On Wed, Nov 6, 2019, at 17:29, Keith Moore wrote:
> I like the expiry date also.   At the very least it helps people see, to 
> a rough approximation, which internet-drafts are being maintained and 
> which are not.
> 
> I also think that if one is searching for a particular (current) I-D, 
> the default search results shouldn't be flooded with drafts that are 
> arbitrarily old.  

How is the date of publication not sufficient for both of those use cases?