Ted Lemon <Ted(_dot_)Lemon(_at_)nominum(_dot_)com> wrote:
I think it should be fairly obvious even to one not practiced in the art
that a lot of the postings to the ietf mailing list recently have been
simple repeats of points previously made, with no additional substance,
+1
Alas, that statement applies to both posts which raise issues and
posts which refute issues.
which, well intentioned or not, purely have the effect of making it
harder to evaluate consensus.
I feel sorry for Ted, who _does_ have to evaluate consensus here.
For better or worse, current RFCs in standards track have boilerplate
saying
"
" This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
" (IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community...
Unless and until this boilerplate changes, IESG members have an
obligation to try to decide whether that statement is true.
I'm _very_ glad I don't have that obligation!
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John Leslie <john(_at_)jlc(_dot_)net>