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Re: BCP97bis

Brian Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Sat, 16 October 2021 06:25 UTC

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From: Brian Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2021 19:25:32 +1300
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Subject: Re: BCP97bis
To: David Farmer <farmer=40umn.edu@dmarc.ietf.org>
Cc: "Murray S. Kucherawy" <superuser@gmail.com>, ietf <ietf@ietf.org>
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The RFC Editor site also states that 1818 was downgraded from BCP. It seems
to be yet another error in RFC2026 that it does not formally obsolete 1818.

Regards,
    Brian Carpenter
    (via tiny screen & keyboard)

On Sat, 16 Oct 2021, 18:50 David Farmer, <farmer=40umn.edu@dmarc.ietf.org>
wrote:

>
>
> On Fri, Oct 15, 2021 at 23:47 Murray S. Kucherawy <superuser@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Scott,
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 15, 2021 at 12:38 PM Scott Bradner <sob@sobco.com> wrote:
>>
>>> RFC 1818 is not a good reference for BCPs - RFC 2026 is the better one
>>>
>>
>> That reference is preserved from RFC 3967.  Also, RFC 1818 is not
>> obsolete, so presumably what it says is still valid.
>>
>> Should that spot refer to both 2026 and 1818, perhaps?
>>
>
> Actually, RFC 1818 is marked Historic and RFC 2026 Section 5 has a much
> more complete discussion of the purpose of a BCP and the processes
> associated with them, at least in my opinion.
>
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc1818/
>
> Thanks
>
>
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