First, our group would have to come to some agreement on what would be
considered "timely".Do we want to limit submission / introduction of new IETF
documents to one month time frames? 6 months? 1 year? 2 years?
Some framework has to be agreed upon by the entire group to satisfy the
criteria of being timely. Would most people feel that if IETF documents were
introduced within, say, a year, would be considered timely, as long as said
document(s) addressed issue relevant for the next 3+ years?
Once we have defined what would be considered timely, we could then focus more
on some method of ammendment / addendum policy that could allow for IETF
document adaptation over extended periods to allow for unaccounted-for
situations and/or technologies.
Brian E Carpenter <brc(_at_)zurich(_dot_)ibm(_dot_)com> wrote:
Dave Crocker wrote:
...
The only way to make sure deliveries of product -- in this case, IETF
documents -- are timely is to decide when they are needed by and set firm
deadlines. The IETF currently does not do that. Instead, we leave everything
open-ended.
I'm very curious how one can set rigid deadlines and simultaneously
require open debate to converge to a rough consensus before those
deadlines.
Brian
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