> On Jul 16, 2019, at 10:21 , Leo Vegoda <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On 7/15/19, 12:40 PM, "ARIN-PPML on behalf of Owen DeLong" 
> <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote:
>> Yes… It would be nice if RIPE would move to a system similar to the other 
>> RIRs where there
>>   is a single comprehensive policy document which is amended through the PDP 
>> rather than
>>   their current RFC (usually without the back references and without the 
>> advantages of a
>>   responsible RFC editor curating the “obsoletes” and “obsoleted by” 
>> references) process.
> 
> I'm not really sure what you're trying to say here, Owen. Yes, the overall 
> policy is broken out into thematic documents but unless I am very much 
> mistaken, they are updated through a clearly documented process and the 
> history of documents is meticulously tracked. For instance, the PDP was first 
> documented in ripe-350 (https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-350) and 
> that page clearly indicates the document that obsoleted it and the overall 
> history of updates. The most recent version of the document 
> (https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-710) has a reciprocal history on 
> its page.
> 
> There is also an archive of all policy proposals: 
> https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/archived-policy-proposals/archive-policy-proposals
> 
> Whether there should be a single manual or thematically distinct documents 
> is, frankly, a matter of taste. What is clearly important is the transparency 
> and documentation of the overall process. If you are aware of gaps or errors 
> in the published history, you should let the RIPE NCC staff know as I expect 
> they'd be keen to address them. 
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Leo Vegoda
> 


Leo, Open many RIPE-NNN documents which are old. You will not find anything in 
it stating “Obsoleted by RIPE-XXX”.

Open similar RIPE-XXX document which obsoletes RIPE-NNN. You will not find 
anything in it stating “Obsoletes RIPE-NNN”.

I’m happy you were able to find an example where that works, but there are many 
examples where it doesn’t.

Owen

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