On 29 Mar 2017, at 7:34, Dave Crocker <dhc(_at_)dcrocker(_dot_)net> wrote:
On 3/29/2017 7:19 AM, Yoav Nir wrote:
I question how useful it is. The obsoletes/obsoletedBy relationship is
semantically overloaded. Consider the header of RFC 4306:
Yoav,
Thanks for the thoughtful (and quick) response. Yes, the total model and
application of its details are more complicated. But I found myself relying
on a very simple distinction:
If someone wants to do research and explore old stuff, they can still do
that. The can still merrily wander the link sequences.
However "Obsoleted By" means "don't use the old stuff".
So if one merely wants to get (or wants to cite) the most recent version of
what they /should/ use, then the feature I'm suggesting will support that.
More easily and reliably than can happen now.
Right. It is a useful thing (and may be a task for next IETF’s code sprint).
People should just know that they might get surprising results.
Yoav
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