On Thu 1 Dec 2022, at 21:13, David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: [...] > I think we're in agreement that everything is /defined/ in this > set of RFCs ...
Yes. > As for lengthy explanations, I think you have to > bear in mind that the earlier RFCs often introduced concepts and > material that were quite new at the time, whereas later ones > might have been written when it could be assumed readers were > more familiar with the matter, and it could be presented in > a more cut and dried manner. Otherwise an evolutionary sequence > of RFCs would grow even faster than they currently do. > (This set is already 50% longer than RFC1521/2 that it supersedes.) That makes sense. I'm not sure the haircut couldn't have been lighter in this case, but there we are :) Best wishes, Gareth
