[Python-Dev] Edits to Metadata 1.2 to add extras (optional dependencies)

[Oleg Broytman]

On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 06:36:40PM +0200, "\"Martin v. L?wis\"" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
> Am 28.08.12 17:38, schrieb R. David Murray:
> >I don't recall any RFC registries that have expiration dates for
> >entries.  Are there any?
> 
> The RFC database itself has expiration dates on specifications,
> namely on I-D documents (internet drafts). The expire 6 months
> after their initial publication, unless renewed.

   Does that expiration mean something? The draft for Web Proxy
Autodiscovery Protocol[1] expired in 1999 but still is widely
implemented and used.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Proxy_Autodiscovery_Protocol

Oleg.
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