On 05/16/2013 04:46 PM, Yoav Nir wrote:
The time for asking whether the group has considered making this field
fixed length instead of variable, or whether RFC 2119 language is used
in an appropriate way, or whether the protocol is extensible enough is
at IETF last call.
Actually the time for asking these questions is long before IETF-wide
Last Call. We need widespread review of proposals for standards-track
documents long before a WG thinks it's finished with those documents.
It's a gaping hole in our process.
Fix that problem, and most of the conflicts between IESG and WGs that
surround DISCUSS votes will go away.
Keith