[rfc-i] RFC citations committee I-D issued

[Dave CROCKER]

On 2/12/2011 2:30 AM, Julian Reschke wrote:
> On 12.02.2011 03:15, Joe Touch wrote:
>> ...
>> Nobody expects email archives to persist forever, or to cite them as
>> persistent. ...
>
> I do. At least for certain mailing lists, like WG lists.


My own reading of this thread is that one or two folk hold an ideal for a highly 
ephemeral I-D mechanism and wish to press as forcefully as possible to hinder 
any activity that runs counter to that ideal model of temporariness.

The rest of us appear to believe that the reality of I-Ds is quite different and 
merely wish to work with that reality.  That view has I-Ds as long-term 
documents -- independent of their status -- that the community wants to be able 
to cite and access.

Beyond that, I am not seeing any signs of what one might call "progress" in this 
exchange.  If anyone sees a basis for something constructive in continuing this 
thread, I'm interested in hearing it.

d/

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   Dave Crocker
   Brandenburg InternetWorking
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