Re: Topic drift Re: An Internet Draft as reference material

[Keith Moore]

> As someone who was around when the notion of an I-D was created, let 
> me disagree somewhat.  There was a very definite intent to cause I-Ds 
> to "officially" disappear after a limited time frame.

I don't doubt that at all.  But did folks really think that I-Ds 
would completely vanish from the face of the earth?  And did they
consider that I-D expiration might be useful even if I-Ds did not 
completely vanish?

we've got people arguing that since we can't make I-Ds vanish
completely, that the expiration is pointless.  my argument is
that the combination of the expiration and the fact that old
I-Ds can be found if you look hard enough, turns out to be
useful.

Keith