On Jun 6, 2011, at 7:28 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:

> On 2011-06-07 11:57, Fred Baker wrote:
>> On Jun 6, 2011, at 4:38 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
>> 
>>>>> [RFC3056]  Carpenter, B. and K. Moore, "Connection of IPv6 Domains
>>>>>            via IPv4 Clouds", RFC 3056, February 2001.
>>>>> 
>>>>> [RFC3068]  Huitema, C., "An Anycast Prefix for 6to4 Relay Routers",
>>>>>            RFC 3068, June 2001.
>>>> I believe these 2 references need to be Normative, as they are required to 
>>>> understand this document.
>>> True, but this is an informational document, so why would any references be 
>>> normative?
>> 
>> This is something we spoke about in the working group, and you answered me 
>> the same way. I think he's not saying (and I was not saying then) that the 
>> references are normative for the Internet. They're saying that, unlike an 
>> informative reference (which may give you a deeper understanding but for 
>> most of the document are optional reading), you can't understand this 
>> document if you don't understand those two.
> 
> Correct, but (process weanie hat on) I don't see anything in the discussion 
> of rules
> for references in RFC 2026 that requires any such consideration in 
> non-standards track
> documents. I don't want to change this unless directed by the IESG.

OK, we'll wait for Russ' usual "discuss" saying "do what he said".
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