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Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Checklist

Lars Eggert <lars.eggert@nokia.com> Mon, 11 August 2008 07:52 UTC

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From: Lars Eggert <lars.eggert@nokia.com>
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Subject: Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Checklist
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Hi,

On 2008-8-11, at 2:32, ext John C Klensin wrote:
> --On Sunday, August 10, 2008 6:03 PM +0200 Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de 
> > wrote:
>> - check that if the document obsoletes or updates another
>> document, that one appear in the references section, and make
>> sure that the document actually says what's going on with
>> respect to the other documents (such as "Normative Changes
>> from RFC xxxx")
>
> Of course, if one does this, the automated nits checker complains  
> about a reference to an obsolete RFC :-(

you only get an (incorrect) warning if the referenced RFC has  
_already_ been obsoleted by another document. For the normal case -  
document B obsoleting document A - there is no warning when B  
references A, because A's status changes to "obsolete" only after B is  
IESG-approved.

And as Brian correctly points out, idnits warnings/errors are  
sometimes bogus, which is where "think mode" comes in.

Lars
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