Paul, > At 10:15 AM +0200 6/18/03, Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote: > >I can think of some possible reasons, not necessarily exclusive > > > >- this is a bad idea/impossible to do well, so we shouldn't do it > >- some other organization is already doing it, so we shouldn't > >- we're too stupid to get it right, so we shouldn't do it > >- the IETF is too large, so we shouldn't be adding more work > > This might be a combination of the latter three, but I think it is > clearer for this WG: > > - the IETF's track record for this work so far is quite poor > > We have not shown any ability to create standards in this area with > due speed or predictability.
I certainly agree with your on the "track record". But I think we need to be a bit more specific on why the track record is "quite poor". For example, why the IESG didn't approve 2547bis as a Proposed Standard 2 years ago ? Ditto for draft-martini... Perhaps folks from the IESG would care to explain this... Yakov.
