On Jun 29, 2009, at 15:01, Paul Hoffman wrote:
The original thread is about Internet Draft submission, not RFC
publication format. The two topics are completely disjoint in the
IETF procedures.
Disagree. The two topics are intimately related by their functions in
IETF policy and process.
Internet Drafts are our slushpile. It the manuscript format required
by the RFC Editor does not closely match the manuscript format
required for consideration as an Internet Draft, then we will only be
making the task of reviewing the slush and preparing manuscripts for
publication all the more difficult for ourselves.
Do we really want to loosen *only* the I-D submission requirements and
not the RFC Editor requirements as well? I don't think so. We would
only want to do that because we think we're not getting enough slush
to review, and we're worried that we might be losing valuable
contributions because the barrier to submit is too high.
Honestly, is that *really* the problem IETF is facing?
(Note well: I am not expressing an opinion about whether IETF should
or should not change its archival format. I'm still forming an
opinion about that. This message is about editorial process.)
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james woodyatt <jhw(_at_)apple(_dot_)com>
member of technical staff, communications engineering
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