[Rswg] Re: [Ext] Re: Response to RSAB Last Call comments on draft-rswg-rfc7990-updates-10 from the RPC

[Pete Resnick <[e-mail]>]

[Chair hat on]

No need to bikeshed: Just soften the sentence to say "in the last few 
months of 2019" or something like that. Purely editorial.

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On 12 Jul 2024, at 10:07, Paul Hoffman wrote:

> On Jul 12, 2024, at 09:04, Jay Daley <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>
>>> On 12 Jul 2024, at 16:15, Paul Hoffman <[e-mail]> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 3) Section 1.3 (not related to terminology)
>>>>
>>>> Current:
>>>>  The first RFC to be published following the guidance of the group 
>>>> of
>>>>  RFCs described in [RFC7990] was [RFC8650], published in November
>>>>  2019.
>>>>
>>>> Suggested (because the first RFC published was RFC 8651):
>>>> The first RFC (by date order) to be published following the the 
>>>> guidance of the group of
>>>> RFCs described in [RFC7990] was [RFC8651], published in October 
>>>> 2019.
>>>>
>>>> Or:
>>>> The first RFC (by RFC number order) to be published following the 
>>>> the guidance of the group of
>>>> RFCs described in [RFC7990] was [RFC8650], published in November 
>>>> 2019.
>>>
>>> Ouch. I (Paul) carefully checked this, but obviously did so 
>>> incorrectly. We'll go with the first version (8651).
>>
>> This might seem trivial, but I think it’s better to go with RFC 
>> number order, not date order, and therefore RFC 8650.  The reasoning 
>> is because it’s more important to tell people at what point in the 
>> series the formats change, not precisely when the change happened.
>
> It looks like there were many other RFCs using the new format 
> published in October before RFC 8650.
>
> If the WG wants to go down this bikeshedding path, I would prefer just 
> to remove the reference altogether so we can focus on more important 
> discussions.
>
> --Paul Hoffman