git: 3d846e48227e - main - Do not forward datagrams originated by link-local addresses

[Benjamin Kaduk]

On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 7:33 PM Zhenlei Huang <zlei.huang at gmail.com> wrote:

> > IMHO, I'd like to see the RFC reference remain.  I see rgrimes response
> > that the RFC's can change with errata and bis docs, but the anchor still
> > provides additional context that one can use to learn more about why
> > this code exists, and they can chase any future forward references.
> RFC's indeed change, and I think it is common in network stack. Then we
> need guidelines to better regulate these. CC rgrimes .
>

Sorry, RFCs themselves do not change -- one of the distinctive features of
RFCs is precisely that they are immutable once published.
The sentiment that what the current RFC for a given topic is, can change, is
something that I can agree with, but that's not quite what was being
discussed.

-Ben