[Tools-discuss] WG-chairs alias lifetime?

[Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter at gmail.com>]

I'm curious, do the WG-chairs at tools.ietf.org addresses persist
indefinitely after the WG is closed?

I've just hit an instance where
(a) the WG has been formally closed before all its drafts were approved
(b) one of the WG chairs has recently changed email address
(c) the WG-chairs at tools.ietf.org alias still exists, but with an
    obsolete email address for one of the chairs.

It occurs to me that if these aliases exist for ever, they will
end up valueless because the addresses will rot.

Regards
   Brian Carpenter

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