> To wit, I am not ignoring the process. > > Once a specific down reference to a particular document has been > accepted by the community (e.g., has been mentioned in several Last > Calls), an Area Director may waive subsequent notices in the Last > Call of down references to it. This should only occur when the same > document (and version) are being referenced and when the AD believes > that the document's use is an accepted part of the community's > understanding of the relevant technical area. For example, the use > of MD5 [RFC1321] and HMAC [RFC2104] is well known among > cryptographers.
The problem is that as far as I can find, it hasn't been mentioned in *any* last calls. I'm bummed: as I said, I don't think that doing this helps anyone, and that we should change BCP 97 forthwith. b _______________________________________________ Uta mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/uta
