Re: Getting the latest version of an RFC specification

Yoav Nir <ynir.ietf@gmail.com> Wed, 29 March 2017 13:57 UTC

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Subject: Re: Getting the latest version of an RFC specification
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 08:56:52 -0500
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> On 29 Mar 2017, at 7:34, Dave Crocker <dhc@dcrocker.net> wrote:
> 
> On 3/29/2017 7:19 AM, Yoav Nir wrote:
>> I question how useful it is.  The obsoletes/obsoletedBy relationship is
>> semantically overloaded. Consider the header of RFC 4306:
> 
> Yoav,
> 
> Thanks for the thoughtful (and quick) response.  Yes, the total model and application of its details are more complicated.  But I found myself relying on a very simple distinction:
> 
> If someone wants to do research and explore old stuff, they can still do that.  The can still merrily wander the link sequences.
> 
> However "Obsoleted By" means "don't use the old stuff".
> 
> So if one merely wants to get (or wants to cite) the most recent version of what they /should/ use, then the feature I'm suggesting will support that.  More easily and reliably than can happen now.
> 

Right. It is a useful thing (and may be a task for next IETF’s code sprint).  People should just know that they might get surprising results.

Yoav