I would assume historical reference. On 7/10/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering if someone could help me out on this one. I was doing a bit > of analysis on the current RFC list, and noticed that some Draft Standard > documents are obsoleted. For example: > > 954 NICNAME/WHOIS. K. Harrenstien, M.K. Stahl, E.J. Feinler. > Oct-01-1985. (Format: TXT=7397 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC0812) (Obsoleted > by RFC3912) (Status: DRAFT STANDARD) > > This really made me scratch my head. One would imagine if a protocol is > obsoleted > by another, it would not be listed as a Draft Standard any longer. > > What is the reason for continuing to list something obsolete as a Draft > Standard? > > John > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > [email protected] > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf >
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