John,

Thanks for getting back, this is helpful and I can prepare a new revision
to cover the feedback from you and Bob, see below:

[email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> If you see ambiguity in "network device", by all means send us propose
> text again (I must have missed that detail.

   You're welcome to my text from July 2:

http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/aqm/current/msg00701.html

I don't know whether that matches your intent: I have no desire to
change your intent.

GF: I looked, and didn't find a specific definition. The text in the
present draft says (there since -00), which I think is at least a
clarification of what was intended:
"These mechanisms may be implemented in network devices that include
   routers, switches, and other network middleboxes."

> Apart from that, does this mean you have no specific comments on this
> version?

   If Bob makes any fuss about "congestive collapse" I support him.
Otherwise, I make a strong request that you add a definition of that
term: I have no idea what you mean that's consistent with what you
wrote and the way the Internet works.

GF: The present document uses both "congestion collapse" and "congestive
collapse". I am OK with you proposal:
s/congestive/congestion/g: 4 instances
---
   I do remain convinced that the charter wording calling for
obsoleting RFC 2309 was ill-advised, and is not what this WG actually
chose to do. I'd much prefer to fix the charter milestone language;
but I detect no enthusiasm for that. I'll settle for being listed
"in the rough" in the Shepherd's writeup.

   My thorough review was of version -05. Since then, I note the
change in the Abstract from "updated" to "and replaces these"
[recommendations of 2309]. I don't see any particular reason for
that change, but won't fuss over it if nobody else cares.

GF: This is what I hear was the result of the consensus call by the Chairs
when the proposed future status for RFC 2309 was agreed.
---
   I note the addition of a section header for "1.1 Congestion
Collapse" which correctly includes "fix for Internet meltdown"; but
I think the switching between "Congestion Collapse" and "congestive
collapse" is confusing. ("Congestion Collapse" is a well-defined
term of art; and wouldn't need a definiton unless you think you
can write one which will make the usage of that term correct in
this document.)

GF: See above change.
---
   Most of my comments about version -05 can simply be listed as
"ignored" or perhaps "considered and ignored"; but a few never made
it onto the list because I thought the change from "obsoletes" to
"updates" needed to be discussed first.

GF: No No that was not the case - The new text was at least "considered"
in some detail, we went through both the text from Wes, your text and
others line by line before formulating the new revision.
----
   In Section 3 subsection 3, I would prefer that we not perpetuate
the idea that flows must be "TCP-friendly". While there are indeed
cases of unfriendly-to-TCP flows, that really isn't an AQM issue.

GF: I think scheduling and isolation have been discussed within the group,
so I personally don't agree with your view that this is out of scope.
Although I’m no fan of Non-TCP friendly, and would like to replace this
with less responsive that TCP.
---
   In Section 4.6, in talking of "elastic transport congestion
control", I fail to see how this relates to AQM; and I'd prefer
not jawboning about how transports "should" function. (This sort
of text would be entirely proper in an IRTF document; but we're
now doing an IETF BCP concerned with queue management in network
devices.)

GF: I’m thinking CC reacts to AQM to reduce the rate.
---
   Section 4.7 returns to 2309's "need further research" conclusion.
It seems to me out-of-place to list these things in a BCP.

GF: Others have not said this.

---
   In Section 8 Acknowledgements, I don't think it correct to say,
"This is an edited version of that document". (I agree it started
that way, but I find that not an acceptable basis for a BCP.)

GF: Indeed, I think we should change this now the document is nearly
ready.  I propose something more like:

NEW:
The original version of this document describing best current practice was
based on the informational text of [RFC2309]. This was written by the
End-to-End Research Group, which is to say Bob Braden, Dave Clark, Jon
Crowcroft, Bruce Davie, Steve Deering, Deborah Estrin, Sally Floyd, Van
Jacobson, Greg Minshall, Craig Partridge, Larry Peterson, KK Ramakrishnan,
Scott Shenker, John Wroclawski, and Lixia Zhang.  Although there are
important differences, many of the key arguments in the present document
remain unchanged from those in RFC 2309.

====

   You have every right to say I should have raised these points
earlier; but that's a poor substitute for evaluating their merit.
It is the intent of a Working Group Last Call to solicit thorough
reviews by WG participants -- and follow through on those with
merit.

   The habit of tossing the WGLC comments at the authors and
marginalizing any further comments to the authors' response is
a bad habit. I wish we would break it.

GF: This is more of comment about the IETF contributions, we also in
general benefit when there are more WG contributions to calls for inputs,
instead of leaving review to during or following of WGLC. However, I
personally  think all inputs are valuable, if they present ideas for
improving a document!

--
John Leslie <[email protected]>

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