On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 03:13:44PM -0800, Darren Reed wrote: > To PSARC: > > So this brings up a question - how do we approve a case where: > - the primary spec is currently a draft (an IETF one at that) > - defined by an outside body > - the spec may change after the project completes (unlikely) > Part of me wants to say it should be marked as needing spec. > > Or do we simply say that the project defines whatever it wants > to be its spec, use the internet draft as a reference and if/when > the RFC becomes published and there's a change, someone > hopefully remembers and publishes another case that updates > this one? > > Ideally what I'd like to see happen is when the draft becomes > an RFC (and if there's no specification change) is for the case > to be updated saying that there is alignment between the RFC > and our implementation.
You could wait until the IESG issues the protocol action placing the I-D on the Standards Track, rather than waiting for it to be an RFC. In any case, there are *two* unexpired, individual submission I-Ds on this topic. Both have "I-D Exists" as their status. That is definitely not enough. The ARC should at least wait for there to be an AD sponsoring one of these (or other) documents, and preferably there should be some consensus somewhere about doing this. In this case I think the best place to seek consensus would be the IETF list, or else ask the IAB for their view on the matter. Nico --
