On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:42:08 -0700
Dave Crocker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Russ Housley wrote:
> > When all of the Internet-Drafts were processed by Secretariat
> > staff, there was a huge workload concern.
> ,,,
> > I also agree that an AD should be able to get an I-D posted after
> > the cut-off date if it is "the right thing."
>
>
> Russ,
>
> I'm missing some bit of logic that I hope you can clarify:
>
> 1. The cut-off was put into place due to workload on the
> Secretariat. The automated I-D has eliminated that bottleneck
> problem.
>
No, that's not the primary reason -- the reason was to give wg members a
chance to actually read the documents before the meeting. Only a small
part of the interval was for the benefit of the secretariat.
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
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