I don't really care if they are split -- I can as easily re-join
them in my inbox.
But I do find the discussion has unearthed something that rather
disturbs me... hyperfocus on drafts only in your own WG's strikes
me as dangerous. A lot of stuff (even relevant stuff!) comes out
as personal submissions (not announced in any WG). And, having
a sense of what else is going on gives you a clue about what
things not to reinvent/where to inject some clue.
Personally, I find it hard to (find the motivation to) keep up
with the IETF-discuss list, but I make a point of scanning all
the announcements. If I'm that much in the minority, perhaps
this explains why we've gotten divergent threads happening. We
could help the IESG out a lot if we paid more attention, individually.
And, a helped IESG is a happy IESG; a happy IESG means our WGs
go more smoothly...
IMO.
Leslie.
Pete Resnick wrote:
Just some followups:
Re filters: As Paul already joked, I obviously do use an e-mail
client with filters. But of course the problem is that filters don't
stop the intial problem, which is an awful lot of traffic through my
poor little server. Even worse, when I am on the road and over a
lowly 33.6K link, downloading the hundreds of I-D announcements just
to filter them only serves to slow down the whole process.
Re "everyone should read the drafts anyway": WGs always get the
announcements for the WG drafts, so I always read the one's for WGs
with which I am involved. Other drafts can be dealt with by the
occasional search. Those who really have lots of time on their hands
can subscribe to the I-D announce list.
Re announcing all documents separately: Since RFC's are not nearly as
numerous, and I am interested to see what's been finalized and
published in all areas, I wouldn't be in favor of that split.
And again, this might significantly cut traffic out of the secretariat.
Any other objections to such a move?
pr
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