On Jan 10, 2026, at 00:23, Eliot Lear <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Alexis,
> On 09.01.2026 22:11, Alexis Rossi wrote:
>> RFC-to-be 9920 as already approved by RSWG says (in the Mode of Operation 
>> section):
>> 
>> The RSWG shall operate by rough consensus, a mode of operation informally 
>> described in {{RFC2418}}.
>> The RSWG may decide by rough consensus to use additional tooling (e.g., 
>> GitHub as specified in {{RFC8874}}), forms of communication, and working 
>> methods (e.g., design teams) as long as they are consistent with this 
>> document and with {{RFC2418}} or its successors.
>> Absent specific guidance in this document regarding the operation of the 
>> RSWG, the general guidance provided in Section 6 of {{RFC2418}} should be 
>> considered appropriate.
>> So is your concern that "or its successors" wouldn't be understood to 
>> include "and its updates"?
> With apologies, I have to answer that question with several underlying 
> questions:
> Should the modpod draft apply to the RSWG as an update to 2418?  Put another 
> way, how would the reader expect disruptive behavior to be handled once both 
> documents are published?

They would know that there is an avenue, but they wouldn't be sure if the 
avenue would be taken, and that's fine.

>   Zooming in to one particular particular angle, how might any appeals be 
> handled?

Who knows? We still aren't sure how the current process should work, which is 
why this 9920 is being published.

> If the answers to those questions are clear, the document should just proceed 
> unchanged.  If it's not clear, then perhaps we should ask the RSWG if they 
> want to make a change.

Perhaps doing so would just inflame some people who might want to later become 
disruptive. A different alternative, one that I prefer as a WG member, is to 
wait until there is disruption and see how the chairs deal with it.

--Paul Hoffman


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