Re: I-D Renewal

Julian Reschke <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Am 05.04.2026 um 17:50 schrieb Phillip Hallam-Baker:
> Yes, automated updates that have no content are bad. But the rules make 
> them necessary.So people are going to be wasting other people's time 
> with content free updates until the rules are changed.
> 
> Blame the rules, not the people having to work round them.
> 
> I have a large system with multiple connected drafts some of which have 
> been essentially stable for 5 years or more. When I write a new draft 
> that builds on that existing functionality, I have to update all the 
> drafts because otherwise the very people who consider draft expiry to be 
> holy scripture would be sneering about references to expired drafts.
> ...
Yes, that's actually a good reason to so this.

(but is the old draft being referred to really that stable...?)

Best regards, Julian
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