Hi Fred -
If I can have two separate files (a tombstone and a subsequent new file
version) that have the same name, as described in the recent announcement,
I am going to have to figure out a trigger that will tell me that I need to
re-download the file.
Incrementing the number also screws up a common operation for authors: is
the internet-draft that I'm citing the current one? With the new algorithm,
a search for a +1 version will yield a hit and I have to go look in that
file.
the context of the above. If the "tombstone" is literally as described, it
would be far more space/search/etc efficient for us to have the tombstone
consist of an added text line in a file indicating that the named draft
expired on a certain date, and keep separate files for the active internet
drafts. It seems to me that this makes it simpler to maintain a mirror and
to find temporary documents.
A tombstone jail containing that information would be preferable in my
view to mixing them all together.
Regards,
Carl