On Thu, 6 Nov 2003, Markus Hofmann wrote:
"Consider additional OPES work such as extension to traffic
beyond HTTP and RTSP and present new charter to IESG, or conclude
working group."
Thoughts? Suggestions? Comments? Please post to the mailing list.
I would like to see OPES WG finishing the work that it started. IMO,
the current charter was written to cover the next, but not the last
phase in OPES existence. There is still a lot of OPES work to be done,
and I believe we are on the right track. Frankly, I do not see any
good reasons to conclude now.
Moreover, concluding now will most likely mean death to the protocol,
tracing, and language work we have already done, at least as far as
IETF is concerned. Such forceful death would be unacceptable to me,
given the effort and already achieved results. A good time to kill
OPES has passed.
I wish the group had more active participants. However, (a) the number
of active participants is not as relevant as the results we are able
to produce (so we should concentrate on evaluating results rather than
mailing list volume) and (b) I expect noticeable increase in OPES
interest once we start marketing our results (and now we actually have
something to show people).
I will send specific work item suggestions in a separate e-mail.
Thank you,
Alex.