Am 13.01.2021 um 19:55 schrieb Ted Hardie:
... While they could theoretically pre-assign it, the RFC Editor won't publish the document without the documents actually being available for retrieval. That's a big reason you get clusters. This is why we do downrefs to the drafts; since there is an onward pointer from the referenced draft to the final RFC in the tools, that's considered okay as anyone who seriously wants the reference can readily find it. [Note: my opinion on that is separate from my recitation of what I think the facts are.] ...
Maybe we need a separate discussion about easily (or even semi-automatically) updating published RFCs when their downrefs become RFCs. Best regards, Julian
