On Jun 13, 2012, at 1:06 PM, Russ Housley wrote:

> Paul:
> 
> It implies that the current RFC will become the initial web page content.  I 
> think that is not the case.  Rather, the initial content will come from 
> draft-hoffman-tao4677bis.

Good catch. I'll add explicit text in -02 that says that the initial text will 
come from the most recent proposed revision (and I will *not* put in a draft 
name).

> Do you want draft-hoffman-tao4677bis to be published as the final RFC version 
> in the Tao series?

No. That seems silly, given that the web page will be done before the RFC.

On Jun 13, 2012, at 1:17 PM, John C Klensin wrote:

> If the community cares about developing and maintaining a clear
> history of changes, it might be slightly advantageous to:
> 
>       (i) Make the current RFC the initial web page content
>       
>       (ii) Immediately replace it with a (possibly further
>       revised) version of draft-hoffman-tao4677bis.
>       
>       (iii) Put the Tao aside until we are ready for another
>       update.

Yuck. The slight advantage there is hugely overwhelmed by the process hassles. 
Instead, the first web page should have a section talking about where it came 
from.

> I have trouble convincing myself that is worth even the marginal
> extra effort it would take,

Good. :-)

> but I can see the advantages if
> others disagree.  On the other hand, publishing
> draft-hoffman-tao4677bis in the RFC series seems to me to have
> no value at all.  There should be an RFC 4677bis but it should
> probably say little more than "Tao is now a web page at .... and
> it is not being maintained in the RFC Series".

That's the purpose of this document.

--Paul Hoffman

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