On 02/26/2013 02:49 PM, Margaret Wasserman wrote:
On Feb 26, 2013, at 5:38 PM, Pete Resnick
<presnick(_at_)qti(_dot_)qualcomm(_dot_)com> wrote:
But more seriously: I agree with you both. The deadline is silly.
+1
The deadline originated because the secretariat needed time to post all of
those drafts (by hand) before the meeting. The notion of an automated tool
that blocks submissions for two weeks before the meeting is just silly.
-1
There are a non-trivial number of people who are intensely busy in the
weeks leading up to a meeting, with a high degree of overlap with the
set of people we want to be able to actually read the drafts prior to
the face to face meeting of the WG. The same argument applies, although
to a somewhat lesser extent, to being able to post for groups that are
not meeting.
Is a few weeks where people cannot post what they want, when they want
to; in order for the larger populace of the IETF to be able to focus on
the activity in and around the meeting REALLY that much of a burden?
Doug