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Re: Deleted Internet Drafts

Why is there no repository for obsoleted IDs? I frequently
would like to run "diff -c" between the current draft version
and the one I happened to read a while back. In most cases
this would provide useful information.

Ari

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.
> 
> >
> > In this case, critical drafts such as mode-cfg were deleted which are
> > referenced and required by other drafts which were not deleted.
> 
> The concept to understand is "deadline".  If these drafts were "critical",
> perhaps the authors thereof should have paid just a bit more attention.
> 
> >
> >
> > Paul Hoffman wrote:
> > >
> > > Greetings again. The IETF Secretariat has deleted the following
> > drafts and
> > > replaced them with stub drafts that say "this draft was deleted
> > because it
> > > was over six months old". If you are the author of one of these
> > drafts and
> > > you want it alive, you should turn in a new copy next week or
> > soon thereafter.
> > >
> > > draft-ietf-ipsec-ike-main
> > > draft-ietf-ipsec-isakmp-mode-cfg
> > > draft-ietf-ipsec-policy-framework
> > > draft-ietf-ipsec-policy-schema
> > > draft-ietf-ipsec-skipjack-cbc
> > > draft-ietf-ipsec-spp
> > > draft-ietf-ipsec-sps
> > > draft-ietf-ipsec-spsl
> > > draft-moskowitz-auth-dss
> > > draft-moskowitz-hip-dns
> > > draft-moskowitz-hip-enc
> > > draft-shima-ipsec-isakmp-cke-type
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Will Price, Director of Engineering
> > PGP Security, Inc.
> > a division of Network Associates, Inc.
> >
> >

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