At 12:07 AM +0200 8/16/08, Simon Josefsson wrote:
Your process seems fine to me, however, does it have any advantage
compared to having ietf-ipr(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org be a moderated mailing list, run
under the same rules as any other IETF mailing list?
Yes, many.
- It keeps the current URLs in place.
- It does not require us to keep a stable mailing list archive, which
still seems to be difficult (that's not a criticism, I have a hard
time doing that myself)
- A mailing list doesn't have the same feeling as a web site.
We already have processes to deal with spam, moderation, DoS attacks,
and even appeal paths. You can easily sign patent licenses with
OpenPGP/MIME or S/MIME in e-mail as well.
Oh, please. "You" is a great overstatement here. Also, it ignores
long-term key keeping and all the operational issues with secure mail
archives that the IETF (including me, again) has mostly ignored for
15 years now.
As far as I can tell, an IETF
mailing list would have the same properties as your proposal, or is
there any difference?
There is certainly a perceptual difference. It is also easier to have
control over.
A mailing list sounds easier to manage to me, compared to inventing a
new process that effectively have the same properties.
I did not mean my proposal to be a new process, just a delta from the
current process that is mostly working.
--Paul Hoffman, Director
--VPN Consortium
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