Date: Fri, 21 May 2021 10:39:52 +0200 From: Lutz Donnerhacke <lutz@donnerhacke.de> To: Stefan Esser <se@freebsd.org> Cc: Joe Clarke <jclarke@marcuscom.com>, Benjamin Kaduk <bjkfbsd@gmail.com>, Zhenlei Huang <zlei.huang@gmail.com>, "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@freebsd.org>, 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 Message-ID: <20210521083952.GA22854@belenus.iks-jena.de> In-Reply-To: <1c001c3f-191e-c761-0eb4-ff78171af580@freebsd.org> References: <202105182101.14IL1Gki054229@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <D759CEBE-115A-404D-B12C-20A673923092@marcuscom.com> <20210519055407.GA9715@belenus.iks-jena.de> <10b475c5-0100-2567-4e92-73b168b97e3f@marcuscom.com> <1DD8ABB9-94B1-4B44-8003-25432A91D520@gmail.com> <CAJ5_RoCpevJrf6tPA7h4AuyW7-8mxUCeytYE43A3e_1KnhmRjg@mail.gmail.com> <5cee6177-8b75-382e-cd3a-403397de0190@marcuscom.com> <1c001c3f-191e-c761-0eb4-ff78171af580@freebsd.org>
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On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 09:03:46AM +0200, Stefan Esser wrote: > 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 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. > > 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 to an RFC that has been replaced by a newer one known by the committer, 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 ... May I point you all to https://reviews.freebsd.org/D30374 and ask for comment there?
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