It seems to me that you have missed the fact that the IETF is a
volunteer organization. The vast majority of us appreciate that
Thomas creates this summary. If you feel different information
would be useful, then create your own report and share the results,
to at least to see if your version is desired. Thomas provided
a link in the earlier discussion to his code so I imagine you could
use that as a starting point.
You might also find it helpful to review the terms of the IETF Note Well
which you agreed to when you joined this list. You lose control of
anything you contribute so making demands about how that information
is used is pointless.
On Fri, 21 Jun 2013, Abdussalam Baryun wrote:
Hi Stewart,
I don't have any problem with the report/reminder only that it has missing
important information. The subjects of discussions are not counted, so I
counted them. Also the report does not distinguish between general-posting
and replying to IETF LCs.
AB
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Stewart Bryant
<stbryant(_at_)cisco(_dot_)com> wrote:
AB
Thomas started posting these weekly reports many years
ago as a service to the community to remind us all that
posting to ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org contributes to the information
and work overload of the IETF community as a whole.
The numbers are a reminder to think carefully about what
you send to the list and to only send what you consider
to be sufficiently important that the community as
a whole needs to be aware of it.
Most members of the IETF community try their best to
minimize their so called "Narten Number". Many
regard these postings as a useful service, and I for
one, thank him for doing it.
- Stewart