On Apr 12, 2013, at 11:26 AM, Martin Rex <mrex(_at_)sap(_dot_)com> wrote:
I'm currently seeing a document with some serious defects in
IETF Last Call (rfc2560bis) and an apparent desire to have
it Rubberstamped by the IESG (recycling at Proposed Standard).
FWIW, I raised the same question during IESG review. It didn't seem like a
"serious defect" to me, but it did seem like a strange design choice. I
ultimately withdrew my objection after we walked through the problem. If we
were doing a clean slate design, fixing the problem as you proposed would be a
net win. Given that there are substantial existing deployments, it doesn't
look like a net win to me.
I think this is really a matter of judgment, not a matter of fact, so while I
sympathize that it didn't come out your way, I don't agree with you that the
wrong thing happened.