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

Lutz Donnerhacke lutz at donnerhacke.de
Fri May 21 08:40:05 UTC 2021


On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 09:03:46AM +0200, Stefan Esser wrote:
> 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 to an RFC that has been replaced by a newer one known by the committer,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 ...

May I point you all to https://reviews.freebsd.org/D30374 and ask for
comment there?


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