On Tue, Jul 7, 2026 at 1:10 PM Mirja Kuehlewind (IETF) <[email protected]>
wrote:

> See inline.
>
> On 7. Jul 2026, at 20:19, Eric Rescorla <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 7, 2026 at 9:38 AM Mirja Kuehlewind (IETF) <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> The discussion on which tag applies would be at least based on something
>> written and consensus based and not just on differing strong opinions about
>> how to do it right. That should make the discussion easier and also create
>> less of them. That’s the goal! Maybe it wouldn’t avoid it entirely but I
>> don’t think that a good reason to not do it as I don’t think there is a
>> perfect solution (and probably there don’t need to be one; sometimes you
>> simply need to have a discussion and make a decision).
>>
>
> I'm sorry, I don't agree. My view is that adding more tags with detailed
> guidelines is just as likely to create more debate, not less. If we are to
> do something here, I would instead replace both Obsoletes and Updates with
> some variant of "look over here" or "you might be interested in", thus
> avoiding any debate.
>
>
> That’s why we also added the “see also” tag.
>

And if you were proposing just to replace Updates with "see also" I would
feel differently.



> Why do you think that “amends” and “extends” are not clear?
>

It's not a matter of whether I think they are clear. It's a matter of
whether I think it's a good idea to try to draw these distinctions.

-Ekr
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