Date: Wed, 19 May 2021 19:39:40 -0700 From: Benjamin Kaduk <bjkfbsd@gmail.com> To: Zhenlei Huang <zlei.huang@gmail.com> Cc: Joe Clarke <jclarke@marcuscom.com>, "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 Message-ID: <CAJ5_RoCpevJrf6tPA7h4AuyW7-8mxUCeytYE43A3e_1KnhmRjg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1DD8ABB9-94B1-4B44-8003-25432A91D520@gmail.com> 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>
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On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 7:33 PM Zhenlei Huang <zlei.huang@gmail.com> 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. -Ben
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