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Re: [newtrk] Question about Obsoleted vs. Historic

Brian E Carpenter <brc@zurich.ibm.com> Mon, 11 July 2005 15:37 UTC

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To: Bruce Lilly <blilly@erols.com>
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Subject: Re: [newtrk] Question about Obsoleted vs. Historic
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Bruce Lilly wrote:
> On Mon July 11 2005 02:54, john.loughney@nokia.com wrote:
> 
> 
>>This really made me scratch my head. One would imagine if a protocol is obsoleted
>>by another, it would not be listed as a Draft Standard any longer.  
>>
>>What is the reason for continuing to list something obsolete as a Draft Standard?
> 
> 
> Lack of action by the IESG.  

No, lack of action by the community to request moving documents to Historic.

And confusion in the standards process as to whether a new PS or DS truly
replaces an old STD, but that's something we've already beaten to death in newtrk.

    Brian

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