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Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 09:24:00
On Jun 24, 2011, at 5:55 AM, John Leslie wrote:

  (Wearing my Narrative-Scribe hat)

  First, note the Subject line: an IETF Last-Call on a Working Group
document _isn't_ asking for IETF Consensus: it's simply a last-call for
comments on an action proposed by a Working Group.

I'm quite confused by this opinion. *No* IETF Last Call announcements, even 
those for standards track documents, say that they are to determine IETF 
consensus, yet IETF consensus is required for many of these documents. In your 
view, how are we to know which IETF Last Call announcements are to determine 
IETF consensus and which are just to bring additional input to the IESG for a 
non-consensus decision? Or are you saying that the IESG determines IETF 
consensus using metrics other than the discussion on ietf@?

Again, the community knowing what type of response would be productive during 
IETF Last Call would help everyone set their priorities better.

--Paul Hoffman

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