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Re: RFC 5952, the errata, and real-world usage

Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Wed, 30 May 2012 07:03 UTC

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Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 08:03:40 +0100
From: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: RFC 5952, the errata, and real-world usage
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On 2012-05-30 02:18, Mark Andrews wrote:
> In message <m2pq9msdva.wl%randy@psg.com>, Randy Bush writes:
>>> Next thing you know, I'm going along based on this recollection, I
>>> look up RFC 5952, and I notice there's now an "errata" associated with
>>> it. Would that errata be about some grammatical minutiae? Nope. It's
>>> specifically to switch back to upper case hex representation!
>> there is a lesson here
>>
>> randy
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> It is only "Reported".  I would say that it needs to be moved to
> "Rejected". 

Obviously. An erratum that attempts to reverse a clear WG consensus
that the person doesn't like is a misuse of the errata system.

   Brian

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