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RE: Deleted Internet Drafts

On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, Glen Zorn wrote:

> >
> > That's a very silly thing to do.  Draft deletion should be done by the WG
> > chair at least.
> 
> The policy is _extremely_ clear, and not in the least silly.  If a draft is
> not updated within six months, I think that it's perfectly reasonable to
> assume that either a) it's dead or b) the author or authors have lost
> interest.
> 

Agreed. Even more, citing RFC2026:


      ******************************************************** 
      *                                                      * 
      *   Under no circumstances should an Internet-Draft    *    
      *   be referenced by any paper, report, or Request-    *   
      *   for-Proposal, nor should a vendor claim compliance * 
      *   with an Internet-Draft.                            * 
      *                                                      * 
      ******************************************************** 

Helger Lipmaa
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