Pekka Savola wrote:
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, Stephen Hayes (TX/EUS) wrote:
Potential Req-INDEX-6 - The IETF can indicate to the publisher that it
should change the status of a document (e.g., to Historical) and this
should be reflected in the index.
As a matter of fact, this is a current requirement.
Add a bullet to Section 5 (IETF Implications of Technical Publication
Requirements) indicating that the IETF needs to define a process to
decide and inform the technical publisher of status changes to
published documents as the result of an appeal, legal action, or some
other procedural action.
As you note, there may be some debate on what "indicate" means. Is a
request by IESG or some other body enough? Does this require an RFC? I
think in the past all these have been done using a text in an RFC.
I believe that formal decisions by the IESG are enough for a status
change, although in many cases a change (e.g. to Historic) is the result
of the IESG approving a new document. At least in theory, a PS can become
a DS or a DS can become a Standard without a new RFC. I don't think we
should *require* a new document - that would be pure bureaucracy.
Brian
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