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[saag] Re: [rfc-i] Re: Re: RFCs vs Standards

Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Wed, 11 December 2024 01:22 UTC

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On 11-Dec-24 12:41, Salz, Rich wrote:
> And this is where we run into problems, because the moment you change that boiler plate, you will devalue the RFC series
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> I don’t know about that. The general population seems unable to tell the difference among the various RFC streams, as well as drafts and not.
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> But if necessary, one possible fix is this:
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> It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material **for other than IETF purposes** or to cite them other than as "work in progress."

I don't think we can do this until Section 2.2 of RFC 2026 has been fairly comprehensively rewritten.

     Brian

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