From owner-dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org Thu May 20 13:08:32 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: dev-commits-src-all@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1885863E781; Thu, 20 May 2021 13:08:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jclarke@marcuscom.com) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (creme-brulee.marcuscom.com [IPv6:2607:fc50:1:f300::2]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "*.marcuscom.com", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Fm96773VXz4XKV; Thu, 20 May 2021 13:08:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jclarke@marcuscom.com) Received: from [10.116.79.227] ([173.38.117.71]) (authenticated bits=0) by creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (8.16.1/8.16.1) with ESMTPSA id 14KD7IY6093125 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO); Thu, 20 May 2021 09:07:34 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jclarke@marcuscom.com) X-Authentication-Warning: creme-brulee.marcuscom.com: Host [173.38.117.71] claimed to be [10.116.79.227] Subject: Re: git: 3d846e48227e - main - Do not forward datagrams originated by link-local addresses To: Benjamin Kaduk , Zhenlei Huang Cc: "Rodney W. Grimes" , Lutz Donnerhacke , src-committers , dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org References: <202105182101.14IL1Gki054229@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <20210519055407.GA9715@belenus.iks-jena.de> <10b475c5-0100-2567-4e92-73b168b97e3f@marcuscom.com> <1DD8ABB9-94B1-4B44-8003-25432A91D520@gmail.com> From: Joe Clarke Message-ID: <5cee6177-8b75-382e-cd3a-403397de0190@marcuscom.com> Date: Thu, 20 May 2021 09:07:08 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.10.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.5 required=5.0 tests=NICE_REPLY_A,RDNS_NONE autolearn=disabled version=3.4.5 X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5 (2021-03-20) on creme-brulee.marcuscom.com X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4Fm96773VXz4XKV X-Spamd-Bar: ---- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; TAGGED_RCPT(0.00)[]; REPLY(-4.00)[] X-BeenThere: dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: Commit messages for all branches of the src repository List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 May 2021 13:08:32 -0000 On 5/19/21 22:39, Benjamin Kaduk wrote: > On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 7:33 PM Zhenlei Huang wrote: > >>> IMHO, I'd like to see the RFC reference remain. I see rgrimes response >>> that the RFC's can change with errata and bis docs, but the anchor still >>> provides additional context that one can use to learn more about why >>> this code exists, and they can chase any future forward references. >> RFC's indeed change, and I think it is common in network stack. Then we >> need guidelines to better regulate these. CC rgrimes . >> > > Sorry, RFCs themselves do not change -- one of the distinctive features of > RFCs is precisely that they are immutable once published. > The sentiment that what the current RFC for a given topic is, can change, is > something that I can agree with, but that's not quite what was being > discussed. Agreed, which is why I say the reference still has value and one can use it as a basis to follow the errata and newer docs. That said, I've expressed my desire to leave the reference in, and I'll leave it at that. I didn't think this would be that controversial. Joe -- PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc