I suspect that any approach that was chosen was the result of negotiations
and discussions among those who took part in the discussion at that time.
Any solution would raise questions in a societal setting, since unanimity
is not the norm in a democratic process. The RFC process has extended so
deep and so far that change may be difficult, though not impossible.
wawa
On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, jfcm wrote:
Could it not be useful to have a "List of Comments" (LOC) for each RFC?
Where experience about the RFC reading, testing and implementation could be
listed by the authors (or a successor) from experience and questions
received. It would avoid the same questions to be debated again and again
and it would help further thinking. These comments could start with a
summary of the WG debated issues, explaining the whys of some options. I
suppose the implementation would be easy enough since it would follow the
same numbering scheme and titles. Such a LOC being an updated appendix
could be reviewed and help preparing replacements.
jfc
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