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Re: Question about Obsoleted vs. Historic

2005-07-11 03:03:01
I would point out that it is historically useful to be able to track
changes between draft and full or proposed and draft and we don't list
status information in the RFCs...

Eliot

john(_dot_)loughney(_at_)nokia(_dot_)com wrote:
Hi,

I was wondering if someone could help me out on this one.  I was doing a bit
of analysis on the current RFC list, and noticed that some Draft Standard
documents are obsoleted.  For example:

 954 NICNAME/WHOIS. K. Harrenstien, M.K. Stahl, E.J. Feinler.
      Oct-01-1985. (Format: TXT=7397 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC0812) (Obsoleted
      by RFC3912) (Status: DRAFT STANDARD)

This really made me scratch my head. One would imagine if a protocol is 
obsoleted
by another, it would not be listed as a Draft Standard any longer.  

What is the reason for continuing to list something obsolete as a Draft 
Standard?

John

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