On 6/12/13 3:17 AM, Romascanu, Dan (Dan) wrote:
Hi,
I agree with Warren and disagree with Pete on this issue.
Of course, adding more arguments, being more verbose when expressing
support is very useful. However, I consider the brief comments like
the one made by Russ useful - at least in determining consensus. I am
actually encouraging such comments in the WGs I chair. I would like
to add an argument, irrespective of who made the comment (which also
counts IMO). Assuming a LC of some sorts (IETFLC, WGLC) gets only two
negative comments. Would it not be useful to know that it's (2
(negative) vs. 0 (positive)) or (2 (negative) vs. 10 (positive))?
Indeed, we do not count votes in the IETF, but then we also have a
problem in interpreting silence, and for this purpose IMO what in
this thread is called 'content-free' actually has a lot of content on
this respect.
I think Pete is correct, in that the way we do last calls
tends to look like voting, which in turn suggests to participants
that we're voting. "Are there any objections to <whatever>?"
is, I think, the real question at hand, although I can see where
that could tend to attract cranks and chronic kvetches. Perhaps
something along the lines of "Does anybody have reasons this
document should not progress towards publication?" might do.
Melinda