Re: I-D Action: draft-roach-bis-documents-00.txt

Brian --

Thanks for noticing and providing proactive feedback. This is a separate 
proposal, which isn't directly related to the discussion of the 
disposition of the "Updates" tag. You should see a separate proposal 
from Ted Hardie and/or Warren Kumari on metadata clarifications related 
to "Updates" shortly.

/a

On 5/7/19 8:57 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This seems reasonable. I'm not even sure it needs to be a BCP, since as far as I can see it doesn't introduce any new process rules. I'm also not sure it should be treated as mandatory, because each case is special.
>
> However...
>
> It doesn't help to clarify what the "Updates:" tag means (it only mentions "Obsoletes:") and it doesn't discuss how protocol extensions should be labelled. Should they carry the "Updates:" tag? Or should we ask the RFC Editor for a new "Extends:" tag, and "Extended by:"?
>
> Regards
>     Brian
>
> On 08-May-19 12:18, internet-drafts@ietf.org wrote:
>> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
>>
>>
>>          Title           : Process for Handling Non-Major Revisions to Existing RFCs
>>          Author          : Adam Roach
>> 	Filename        : draft-roach-bis-documents-00.txt
>> 	Pages           : 8
>> 	Date            : 2019-05-07
>>
>> Abstract:
>>     This document discusses mechanisms the IETF has historically used for
>>     updating RFCs subsequent to their publication, and outlines an
>>     updated procedure for publishing newer versions (colloquially known
>>     as "bis versions") that is appropriate in certain circumstances.
>>     This procedure is expected to be easier for both authors and
>>     consumers of RFCs.
>>
>>
>> The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is:
>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-roach-bis-documents/
>>
>> There are also htmlized versions available at:
>> https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-roach-bis-documents-00
>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-roach-bis-documents-00
>>
>>
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