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Re: [Gendispatch] Internet-Drafts Don't Expire

Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Tue, 26 November 2019 19:26 UTC

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From: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Gendispatch] Internet-Drafts Don't Expire
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> The question that came to me on the plane back was 'how many documents have to be put through IETF process purely to stop them expiring?'

None. Since expired documents are available for ever, there is absolutely no point in "refreshing" a draft with no changes except the date. People do so, but I'm not sure why. I quite often cite https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-carpenter-aeiou-00 when people propose alternatives to IPv6, as an example of a failed solution.

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   Brian

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