Joel,
I agree that IESG notes should be rare, but primarily because
independent stream submissions should be rare :-).
Long ago, when I served on the IAB, we grappled with this problem,
and failed to find a good solution. Despite what we say about RFC
status and origin markings, the public sees RFCs as carrying the
imprimatur of the IETF (not just that of the RFC Editor). When Jon
Postel was the RFC editor, we were pretty comfortable with his
judgement on these matters, this was less of an issue. However, time
have changed and I would be happy to see inclusion of an IESG note be
mandatory, contrary to historical practice.
Steve
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