On Jun 17, 2025, at 10:50, Eric Rescorla <[email protected]> wrote: > > I agree with Eliot that we now have an inconsistency with respect to Section > 7.6, but I don't think the fix is to remove the (as Jay says) very carefully > negotiated "historical" text, especially as part of the idea was to > acknowledge historical perspectives. > > Instead, I think the right fix is to revert 7.6 to the original language from > RFC 9280 and add a note that acknowledges that we are relaxing this property.
It's actually two properties. Section 7.6 is changed, and Section 7.8 is added. > Perhaps "Note that historically RFCs were treated as immutable, but [THIS > RFC] allows those RFCs to be reissued provided that the semantic content is > preserved to the greatest extent possible". > This changes "are not changed" to "immutable", something that the RSWG argued a lot about. I propose we don't revisit that. Instead, I propose keeping the 9280 text and adding the replacement text right there. ========== RFC 9280: 7.6. Stability Once published, RFC Series documents are not changed. ========== Current text: 7.6. Stability (The text in this section is updated by Section 1.4.1) Once published, RFCs may be reissued, but the semantic content of publication versions shall be preserved to the greatest extent possible. . . . 7.8. Consistency (The text in this section is added by Section 1.4.2) RFCs are copyedited, formatted, and then published. They may be reissued to maintain a consistent presentation. ========== Proposed replacement text: 7.6. Stability Once published, RFC Series documents are not changed. (The text in this section is updated by Section 1.4.1 of this document to instead read:) Once published, RFCs may be reissued, but the semantic content of publication versions shall be preserved to the greatest extent possible. . . . 7.8. Consistency (RFC 9280 did not have "consistency" as a historical property in this section. The text in this section is added by Section 1.4.2 to read:) RFCs are copyedited, formatted, and then published. They may be reissued to maintain a consistent presentation. --Paul Hoffman _______________________________________________ rfc-interest mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
