Re: Last Call: Uplifting RFC5289 from informational to proposed standard

"Paul Hoffman" <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> Fri, 17 February 2017 18:10 UTC

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From: Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org>
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Subject: Re: Last Call: Uplifting RFC5289 from informational to proposed standard
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 10:10:14 -0800
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Moving these algorithms to standards track is a good idea, and long 
overdue.

On the other hand, turning "uplifting" into a verb is a terrible idea. 
"Promoting" is a perfectly valid term for this action.

--Paul Hoffman