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Re: [Json] Normative reference reasoning and logistics

Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> Tue, 03 May 2016 02:46 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Json] Normative reference reasoning and logistics
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> On 3 May 2016, at 2:17 AM, Joe Hildebrand (jhildebr) <jhildebr@cisco.com> wrote:
> 
> Sounds more harmful than helpful to again change the RFC number that defines JSON — rfc4627, rfc7158, rfc7159, rfcXXXX — for what is
> supposed to be a simple and stable format.
> 
> Stick the text in as an errata marked “held for document update”; or stick it in its own RFC that updates rfc7159 (bit weird?); or
> in a liaison note to ECMA.

For better or worse, that's how things work. If we stop progressing documents to get stable RFC numbers, something's really broken. 

Cheers,



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