git: 3d846e48227e - main - Do not forward datagrams originated by link-local addresses

[Joe Clarke]

On 5/19/21 22:39, Benjamin Kaduk wrote:
> On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 7:33 PM Zhenlei Huang <zlei.huang at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>> IMHO, I'd like to see the RFC reference remain.  I see rgrimes response
>>> that the RFC's can change with errata and bis docs, but the anchor still
>>> provides additional context that one can use to learn more about why
>>> this code exists, and they can chase any future forward references.
>> RFC's indeed change, and I think it is common in network stack. Then we
>> need guidelines to better regulate these. CC rgrimes .
>>
> 
> Sorry, RFCs themselves do not change -- one of the distinctive features of
> RFCs is precisely that they are immutable once published.
> The sentiment that what the current RFC for a given topic is, can change, is
> something that I can agree with, but that's not quite what was being
> discussed.

Agreed, which is why I say the reference still has value and one can use
it as a basis to follow the errata and newer docs.  That said, I've
expressed my desire to leave the reference in, and I'll leave it at
that.  I didn't think this would be that controversial.

Joe


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