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Re: Is it necessary to go through Standards Track to Get to Historic?

Frank Ellermann <nobody@xyzzy.claranet.de> Wed, 31 August 2005 03:48 UTC

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Bruce Lilly wrote:

>> There is a precedent, by the way: RFC 2341.  Note that it
>> postdates RFC 2026.
 
> Interesting.  Are there any others?

Maybe 4156 (wais) & 4157 (prospero).  That's a bit special,
because it's a part of the effort to get rid of 1738.

> I have heard that an effort to publish a particular obsolete
> specification as Historic received strong pushback, with the
> recommendation for publication as Informational.

If you have son-of-1036 in mind, "strong pushback" isn't how
I recall Henry's info - it was more like "lacking enthusiasm".
I can't check it at the moment.
                               Bye, Frank



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