[ietf-dkim] Handling the errata after the consensus call

Barry Leiba barryleiba at computer.org
Fri Mar 6 21:55:19 PST 2009


> If we were to come out with a 4871bis *without* also attempting to move
> it forward on the standards track, then I agree that we'd be sending a
> bad message to the industry. But I don't think doing a bis without
> concurrent advancement is being seriously considered -- I'm certainly
> advocating moving it to Draft Standard.

In other words, Tony, you're advocating option 1: put the "errata" out
as an RFC that only makes updates, and reserve the 4871 replacement
for an attempt to go to Draft Standard.

Option 2 is the one you aren't considering seriously.

Barry


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