I don't think that the cut-off of submission is as a barrier or used in
IETF to make late drafts not discussed, if WG Chair accepts a draft to be
discussed it is ok even if not submitted as long it does not delay WG work.
IMO, it is a way to encourage people to submit before a certain time,
otherwise, we will have no deadline nor milestones,
AB
On 03/07/2013 09:34 AM, Carsten Bormann wrote:
Oh, and one more data point:
The Internet-Draft archive also functions as a timestamped signed public
archival record of our "inventions".
(Which are often trivial, but triviality won't stop patenting of
copycats, while a good priority more likely will.)
FWIW, I think that's an incidental good side-effect but shouldn't
drive what we do here.
My take is that I don't care about this, so long as drafts that
are discussed at meetings are posted early enough to allow folks
a chance to read them. The current rule achieves that well enough,
as could a less coarse-grained rule. I've not seen a worked out
proposal for such a less coarse-grained rule that achieves that
yet.
S
This function is effectively suspended for six weeks a year.
Grüße, Carsten
PS.: (If that sounds like I'm contradicting myself that's only because
we haven't found the right solution yet.)
On Feb 27, 2013, at 19:49, Carsten Bormann <cabo at tzi.org> wrote:
On Feb 27, 2013, at 19:18, ned+ietf at mauve.mrochek.com wrote:
routing around obstacles
It turns out for most people the easiest route around is submitting in
time.
That is actually what counts here: how does the rule influence the
behavior of people.
Chair hat: WORKSFORME. (And, if I could decide it, WONTFIX.)
Grüße, Carsten