On 3/29/2017 8:12 AM, John C Klensin wrote:
However "Obsoleted By" means "don't use the old stuff".
Sadly, while it should, it doesn't. The community has allowed
several situations to occur in which a document is obsoleted,
I fear you are overinterpreting the use of what I'm suggesting or are
conflating tasks.
Anyone who wants to be, or must be, diligent and thorough still can be.
My suggestion is for the folk who want simple, simplistic, basic access
to 'the most current' spec. The concerns you raise do not invalidate
the suggested mechanism's accomplishment of that goal.
Rather, your concerns highlight the bounded scope of that goal, which
I'll claim was already there -- but it's ok to emphasize it. One can
imagine an IETF Surgeon General's warning sign on the banner when the
'latest' version is displayed, cautioning against excessive inhaling of
the contents.
So, yes, the concerns you raise are all entirely valid... for someone
who must dot all the specification i's and cross all the implementation
ts, but that's not the target audience for the mechanism I'm suggesting.
d/
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Dave Crocker
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