Re: Last Call: draft-weiler-rsync-uri (The rsync URI Scheme) to Informational RFC

[Russ Housley <housley at vigilsec.com>]

Ted:

> Just out of curiousity, why is this registering it as provisional,
> rather than permanent scheme?

There is not a rsync protocol specification and URI scheme.  The 
protocol is widely deployed.  In fact the IETF depends on it 
everyday.  This document is intended to provide a citable 
specification for the URL scheme, but not the protocol.  Without the 
protocol specification, provisional seemed like the best choice based 
on RFC 4395.

Russ