On Jan 5, 2009, at 5:05 PM, Paul Hoffman wrote:
At 4:24 PM -0500 1/5/09, Tim Polk wrote:
I have had some private discussions with one of the authors
(Sean), and we have collaborated on some language that would
reflect that discussion. However, I understand that this was a
sensitive and somewhat controversial topic on the working group
list. I would like the working group to review the proposed RFC
Editor Notes for 3850bis and 3851bis, and confirm that these
changes are acceptable given the feedback received from the wider
Internet community. That is, please consider whether the proposed
new text addresses the working group's concerns given that the
minimum strength of the mandatory to implements need to be raised.
The new ranges and new text work for me.
What does *not* work for me is this being done as an RFC Editor
note. It should be done instead as a new draft before IESG
consideration so the whole IETF community can see the changes. The
IETF is supposed to be working on transparency, and keeping these
out of the Internet Draft hurts that effort.
I have to agree, these changes are too substantial to be buried in an
RFC Editor Note while it sits in queue. It is a nice format to frame
the discussion, though. If the working group is happy, I will ask
the editors for new drafts before I request an approval announcement.