[IPv6]Re: I-D Action: draft-ietf-6man-hbh-processing-20.txt

[Brian E Carpenter <[e-mail]>]

On 07-Jun-24 03:52, Bob Hinden wrote:
> Brian,
> 
> The reason we didn’t show this draft as updating RFC7045 was because RFC7045 updated RFC2460, and later RFC2460 was obsoleted by RFC8200.   What is in Section of 2.2 of RFC 7045 was essentially brought into RFC8200.    We didn’t see the need to have this draft update RFC7045.

Hmm. Someone who looks at RFC7045 will just see:

Status:
     PROPOSED STANDARD
Updates:
     RFC 2460, RFC 2780

so they will only be redirected to this draft if they follow the breadcrumbs
--> RFC2460 --> RFC8200 --> RFC-hbh-processing

Of course, exactly what "Updates:" means also needs clarifying. (See draft-kuehlewind-rswg-updates-tag.)

I leave it with the authors and AD to decide.

Regards,
     Brian


> 
> Versions -07 and earlier did show updating RFC7045, but that was changed in -08.  From the change log:
> 
>    *  Changed document that is no longer updates [RFC7045], it now
>       clarifies it using the language of BCP 14.
> 
> We could change the draft to update RFC7045, but we don’t think it is needed given the document history.
> 
> Your take?
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
>> On Jun 5, 2024, at 1:27 PM, Brian E Carpenter <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just realised that this draft probably needs to say "Updates: 7045" because of this sentence:
>>
>> "This document updates [RFC8200] as described in the next section and consequently clarifies the description in Section 2.2 of [RFC7045], using the language of BCP 14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174]"
>>
>> Sorry to be so late with this.
>>
>> Regards
>>   Brian Carpenter
>>
>> On 06-Jun-24 06:49, [e-mail] wrote:
>>> Internet-Draft draft-ietf-6man-hbh-processing-20.txt is now available. It is a
>>> work item of the IPv6 Maintenance (6MAN) WG of the IETF.
>>>    Title:   IPv6 Hop-by-Hop Options Processing Procedures
>>>    Authors: Robert M. Hinden
>>>             Godred Fairhurst
>>>    Name:    draft-ietf-6man-hbh-processing-20.txt
>>>    Pages:   23
>>>    Dates:   2024-06-05
>>> Abstract:
>>>    This document specifies procedures for how IPv6 Hop-by-Hop options
>>>    are processed in IPv6 routers and hosts.  It modifies the procedures
>>>    specified in the IPv6 Protocol Specification (RFC 8200) to make
>>>    processing of the IPv6 Hop-by-Hop Options header practical with the
>>>    goal of making IPv6 Hop-by-Hop options useful to deploy and use in
>>>    the Internet.  When published, this document updates RFC 8200.
>>> The IETF datatracker status page for this Internet-Draft is:
>>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-6man-hbh-processing/
>>> There is also an HTML version available at:
>>> https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-6man-hbh-processing-20.html
>>> A diff from the previous version is available at:
>>> https://author-tools.ietf.org/iddiff?url2=draft-ietf-6man-hbh-processing-20
>>> Internet-Drafts are also available by rsync at:
>>> rsync.ietf.org::internet-drafts
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