Brian E Carpenter <[email protected]> wrote:
    > Thank you for that.

    > It suggests to me that a way to square this circle, without any need
    > for formal changes, is to change the draft to describe this practice:
    > if you use "updates" you should include (sub)sections that clearly
    > state how the target RFCs are extended and/or changed.

Yes, I agree.
I don't want to replace "Updates", I want to make the ways in which it
Updates are used clearer.

Whether or not a document that "merely" extends another protocol/document
using the provided IANA registries is a significant revision is a subject for
the WG to decide.
Some such extensions are not.

To pick something simple, I think, RFC8659 defines the CAA RR.
It does *not* update RFC1034 or any of the DNSSEC RFCs (despite essentially
requiring DNSSEC), and that's correct.  It does extend DNS, so it would be
nice if someone writing a DNS wire or presentation format parser was aware of
it, but they can also get there via IANA registry.


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