My weak preference is "- Continue to reference RFC 7996 but add mention of RFC 9896 (e.g., "obsoleted by [RFC9896]").", but I defer to Alexis on this.
--Paul Hoffman On Feb 6, 2026, at 10:54, Rebecca VanRheenen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Paul and Alexis, > > We have a question for you prior to publishing this document. > > RFC 7996 has recently been obsoleted by RFC 9896. > > RFC 7996 is mentioned in the document header and two times in the body of > this document: > > Current: > This document updates RFCs 7841, 7991, 7992, 7993, 7994, 7995, 7996, > 7997, 8729, 8730, and 9720. > > All instances of "RFC Editor" or "RFC Series Editor" in [RFC7991], > [RFC7992], [RFC7993], [RFC7994], [RFC7995], [RFC7996], and [RFC7997] > are replaced by "RFC Production Center (RPC)”. > > We don’t see any instances of "RFC Editor" or "RFC Series Editor” in RFC 9896. > > Please review and let us know how you would like to proceed. Below are some > options: > > - No updates are needed; this document can still update RFC 7996 to note > where the organization name changed. > - Continue to reference RFC 7996 but add mention of RFC 9896 (e.g., > "obsoleted by [RFC9896]"). > - Remove mention of RFC 7996 altogether since it’s already been obsoleted. -- auth48archive mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
