On 11/29/12 10:06 AM, Barry Leiba wrote:
I believe that one is the case, though others can weigh in with
opinions as well. Yes, we could change our documentation to
explicitly say that this particular decision is a management choice.
But I'll caution you against trying to do that in general: we have a
million things that are unspecified and should be unspecified and left
to management choice. Trying to find all of those and explicitly say
so will be a frustrating exercise, and one that won't have a lot of
value in the end. In general, we specify what we want to specify, and
what's left is up to judgment and management.
Hear, hear (and I feel pretty strongly about this). There are
correction mechanisms if someone feels that a process has gone
off the rails and I prefer to rely on those than trying to
micromanage IETF process. Right now it seems to be the case
that keeping much unspecified and having strong chairs is a better
use of limited resources than trying to shove everything into a
box. I'll note that it seems possible that overspecifying process
could potentially cause more protests rather than fewer.
Melinda