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RE: Discussion of draft-hardie-advance-mechanics-00.txt

2010-09-16 20:03:01
The current gates for proposed standard are
high.  If a doc passes them and no
one finds new issues in two years of use, it is probably done.  If
there are issues (filed errata, an ongoing
effort at a -bis, community reaction that it is not really in use), I
think two years will probably find them
well enough for a draft designation (and five for full).

Sounds reasonable to me.

I suspect that there should be at least the guidance that the protocol is in 
use.  This is a condition that a PS might not be able to meet, but one that 
Draft and Full should require.  Objections based at PS time are usually based 
on whether or not there are (interoperable) implementations, not whether there 
is interest in the protocol.  Presumably, said implementations don't disappear 
in two years, though interest may fade.  Objections on the grounds of low 
interest should be easy to dispense with though.
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