I think that's fine, and that it doesn't change the meaning of anything.

Alexis

On Fri, Feb 6, 2026 at 10:58 AM Paul Hoffman <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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.
>
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