On Dec 31, 2006, at 2:27 PM, Lakshminath Dondeti wrote:
There is perhaps one more aspect to "Can somebody explain ..." that
is worth considering. In some cases, the AD simply does not have
the expertise or simply has incorrect/wrong understanding. In that
case, the burden is on the authors to help the AD understand the
context of the work, provide references to reading material and
such. Until the AD understands at his/her own pace, the work seems
to languish (sure the authors do delay responses etc., but let us
work on one problem at a time) in the IESG review stage.
Sure. That could happen. But it's not usually the case that an AD
who knows that they don't understand something, holds a DISCUSS on a
document for a long time, all the while getting useful responses and
help from authors. I sure wouldn't feel comfortable doing that. It
could be that a given document languishes while an AD gains
understanding, or it could be that eventually the AD gives up or
manages to get some issues resolved in that document. I'm sure there
are different perspectives on why something was held up and then
worked out, for just about any document that did suffer from a long
DISCUSS.
Note that the authors and WGs have a burden to explain their work to
more than just ADs.
Lisa
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