On 24/02/2016 07:44, Stephen Farrell wrote:
Hiya,
On 23/02/16 18:36, Fernando Gont wrote:
That said... isn't this an indication that we should converge on
*something* regarding the meaning of "updates"? (i.e., it should be
clear what it means, and what rules should be applied when deciding when
a "Updates" tag is warranted or not)
In theory, yes. I don't find it to be something that I'd prioritise
myself. I suspect attempts to "fix" this would open a can of worms
about the general semantics of relationships between RFCs and would
likely end up being very hard to get done, and with not much benefit
at the end.
It's clear that there is a problem with "updates", "obsoletes", "normative
reference" and "informative reference" being the only clearly defined
relationships between documents. Sometimes you just need to read a group
of documents with none of these relationships to get the whole picture.
We have a draft solution:
https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-klensin-isdbis-00
Brian