Re: [ietf-smtp] Should we update an RFC if people refuse to implement parts of it ?

Valdis Kl ē tnieks <valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu> Sun, 06 June 2021 19:43 UTC

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Subject: Re: [ietf-smtp] Should we update an RFC if people refuse to implement parts of it ?
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On Sun, 06 Jun 2021 18:56:58 +0200, Alessandro Vesely said:
> On Sat 05/Jun/2021 20:14:28 +0200 John C Klensin wrote:
> >
> > (2) At the risk of being even more pragmatic about your "very
> > pragmatic" proposal, I know of no way to make an authoritative
> > change in a standards track RFC -- whether one word or a few
> > paragraphs -- without generating an I-D, having it discussed in
> > the community, going through IETF Last Call, and publishing a
> > new RFC.
>
>
> How about an erratum?

This smells more like a BCP.  But I'm not sure one thing like that qualifies for
a BCP by itself, and I'm not seeing the energy needed for a wider-reaching BCP.