[Ntp] Antw: [EXT] Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-ntp-mode-6-cmds-08.txt> (Control Messages Protocol for Use with Network Time Protocol Version 4) to Historic RFC

Ulrich Windl <Ulrich.Windl@rz.uni-regensburg.de> Thu, 04 June 2020 07:32 UTC

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Subject: [Ntp] Antw: [EXT] Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-ntp-mode-6-cmds-08.txt> (Control Messages Protocol for Use with Network Time Protocol Version 4) to Historic RFC
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>>> "Pete Resnick" <resnick@episteme.net> schrieb am 02.06.2020 um 19:17 in
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teme.net>:
> This use of the "Historic" status seems utterly bizarre to me. It's 
> certainly not how it's described in 2026.
> 
> 1305 has already been obsoleted by 5905. This document simply gives 
> information about what those control messages were and indicates that 
> they ought no longer be used. This sounds like a fine candidate for 

"They ought no longer to be used": ... once there is a well-established replacement!

So what to use instead? Mode-6 commands are essential for monitoring the service.

> Informational status. When 5905 (or it's successors) advance to 
> Standard, this document can be included in the STD.
> 
> If eventually you want to move a document to Historic, it would be 1305.
> 
> I don't think publishing this straight to Historic makes sense.

With the argument given above, I also wouldn't name it "historic".