[rfc-i] Doing something else on April 1

paul.hoffman at vpnc.org (Paul Hoffman) Sat, 02 April 2016 20:47 UTC

From: paul.hoffman at vpnc.org (Paul Hoffman)
Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2016 17:47:19 -0300
Subject: [rfc-i] Doing something else on April 1
Message-ID: <68406AB6-04C2-4CC1-A049-164D6094120D@vpnc.org>

On 2 Apr 2016, at 17:12, Heather Flanagan (RFC Series Editor) wrote:

> April 1st RFCs are not necessarily published every year; it depends on
> what comes in and whether it seems suitable for this very unofficial
> activity. Submissions were very light for April 1 RFCs this year and 
> we
> decided not to publish.

FWIW, there was a pretty strong backlash in the tech community against 
April Fools "jokes" this year, growing from previous years. The RFC 
Series was one of the originators in our field of the jokes; maybe we 
could be one of the originators of not doing them and thinking of 
something else we can lead.

--Paul Hoffman