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Re: Weekly posting summary for ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org

2013-06-07 11:03:52
On 7 Jun 2013, at 16:52, Ted Lemon <Ted(_dot_)Lemon(_at_)nominum(_dot_)com> 
wrote:

On Jun 7, 2013, at 11:48 AM, Andy Bierman <andy(_at_)yumaworks(_dot_)com> 
wrote:
So why not move the signal?
Put IETF Last Call mail on last-call(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org and leave this list 
for everything else.

The discussion still has to happen somewhere.   I certainly am not 
restricting my meaningful participation in last calls, but even in that case 
it is important to be restrained and not get into long fruitless discussions, 
which, I am afraid, I am wont to do.

It's a significant problem for those who *have* to read the threads, in 
particular document authors, WG chairs, and ADs. Hats off to them for keeping 
up with it where they need to.

As another example, the v6ops list has recently also had four threads run well 
over the 100 message count, specifically end to end response time, ULA usage, 
"being careful" about ULAs and the semantic prefix thread. 

Of course, a healthy debate is a good thing, as is having an open process for 
discussion. If we had very few comments that would certainly not be good 
either. But I fear that some valuable contributions are either being drowned 
out, or that some people with valuable input are being put off contributing.

Tim