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[Stefan Esser]

Am 20.05.21 um 15:07 schrieb Joe Clarke:
> On 5/19/21 22:39, Benjamin Kaduk wrote:
>> 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.

And, adding to that: if somebody works on a code fragment with reference
to an RFC that has been replaced by a newer one known by the committer,
then updating that reference might be considered a service for future
readers of that code ...

Regards, STefan

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