On Jul 15, 2004, at 7:14 PM, Frank Ellermann wrote:
On the MARID list somebody found some real issues in the ABNF:
<http://article.gmane.org/gmane.ietf.mxcomp:2846>
Maybe these problems can be fixed before Jul 19 ? Bye, Frank
Alas, they cannot. Since the protocol doc was a -00 revision draft
submitted in the last week before the dead-line for -00 drafts, we are
not permitted under normal circumstances to revise it during the
following week when revisions to already existing drafts are allowed.
This is to prevent "holding" a draft spot - and so that IETF
participants have a time to digest a new draft before the meeting.
Presumably revisions to existing drafts are not whole-sale replacements
and so don't need as much digesting. (Where *IS* my glass of Port...)
If there were really a show-stopper issue, then the working group
chairs could petition for a revision - but this minor clarification
needed in the ABNF hardly counts.
As for the "somebody" - Jutta is a friend of mine and I'm delighted to
see that she is involved in this. She and I have already had a number
of exchanges and we can look forward to several refinements of language
in the -01 draft. On the few issues that might affect interpretation,
I have directed her to report back to the MXCOMP list (even where I
agree with her...)
But this will be after IETF 60 on August 4th.
- Mark
Mark Lentczner
http://www.ozonehouse.com/mark/
markl(_at_)glyphic(_dot_)com