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Date:      Fri, 21 May 2021 09:03:46 +0200
From:      Stefan Esser <se@freebsd.org>
To:        Joe Clarke <jclarke@marcuscom.com>, Benjamin Kaduk <bjkfbsd@gmail.com>, Zhenlei Huang <zlei.huang@gmail.com>
Cc:        "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@freebsd.org>, Lutz Donnerhacke <lutz@donnerhacke.de>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: git: 3d846e48227e - main - Do not forward datagrams originated by link-local addresses
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From: Stefan Esser <se@freebsd.org>
To: Joe Clarke <jclarke@marcuscom.com>, Benjamin Kaduk <bjkfbsd@gmail.com>,
 Zhenlei Huang <zlei.huang@gmail.com>
Cc: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@freebsd.org>,
 Lutz Donnerhacke <lutz@donnerhacke.de>,
 src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>,
 dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org
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Subject: Re: git: 3d846e48227e - main - Do not forward datagrams originated by
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Am 20.05.21 um 15:07 schrieb Joe Clarke:
> On 5/19/21 22:39, Benjamin Kaduk wrote:
>> Sorry, RFCs themselves do not change -- one of the distinctive feature=
s of
>> RFCs is precisely that they are immutable once published.
>> The sentiment that what the current RFC for a given topic is, can chan=
ge, is
>> something that I can agree with, but that's not quite what was being
>> discussed.
>=20
> Agreed, which is why I say the reference still has value and one can us=
e
> 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.

And, adding to that: if somebody works on a code fragment with reference
to an RFC that has been replaced by a newer one known by the committer,
then updating that reference might be considered a service for future
readers of that code ...

Regards, STefan


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