On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Eric Rosen wrote:
The focus on document relationships rather than on simplifying
the standards track is what (well, is one of the things) that
sent newtrk off into the weeds.
I completely agree.
Frankly, I don't care if someone on a desert island cannot
figure out from the RFCs alone how to implement some protocol.
I just don't see that as a problem we have to solve. Anyway,
implementing a protocol requires so much more knowledge than can
be obtained from the RFCs that no amount of messing with the
document strategy is going to have any impact on the ability of
our castaway to become a successful implementer.
Very well said. As I said in my message of 18 June, my advice would
be to make a relatively minor set of clarifications to BCP 9 (RFC
2026) and move on. It would also be OK for newtrk to refocus on its
original charter of simplifying the standards track. But I would be
very dismayed to see it focus on document relationships.
Mike Heard
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