Re: [rfc-i] archiving outlinks in RFCs

Stephen Farrell <stephen.farrell@cs.tcd.ie> Fri, 28 April 2023 17:38 UTC

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On 28/04/2023 18:19, Michael Richardson wrote:
> 
> I think that this says more about how antique our errata management system
> is, than anything about the durability of the links :-)

Yeah. I hope nobody puts a load of effort into enhancing the
current errata system. Including link rot handing in some new
errata system would seem reasonable, but I suspect wouldn't
be the most important feature of such putative new system so
I wonder if a lot of that discussion is a bit premature.

BTW - this discussion seems to have been more about what to
do about RFC text that includes now-rotten links but I'd just
like to say that I'd still be interested in just knowing
about any link-rot patterns seen. It could be worth having
that data before deciding what to do about such links.

Cheers,
S.