On 05/07/2017 02:56, John C Klensin wrote:
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So, with or without the posting deadline, I would prefer that
there be explicit AD signoff on _any_ I-D revision during or
after IETF Last Call. Such permission means that the AD has
reviewed the document and found that the changes are
insufficiently important to justify reopening the Last Call (or
a heads-up to reopen the Last Call if needed).
I don't think that quite works. When trying to understand and clear
DISCUSS ballots, I would much rather that changes are unambiguously
displayed for everybody to see, rather than being buried in quite
complex email threads (or in non-standard places such as GitHub).
Of course you are 100% correct that substantive changes need to pass
the rough consensus test, at least on the WG list and possibly at Last
Call level, under the AD's responsibility. But I don't think that
making it harder to post updates after Last Call is a feature.
Regards
Brian