RE: Gen-ART LC review of draft-ietf-mpls-tp-rosetta-stone-12

2013-10-13 Thread Adrian Farrel
Hi, I am having sever difficulty parsing all of the information from your comment. And currently cannot see anything actionable by the authors. The draft does not list ITU in abbreviation, Loa has answered why this is not necessary. there are many terminology not clear but more general

RE: Improving the ISOC Fellowship programme to attract people from under-represented regions into the IETF

2013-10-12 Thread Adrian Farrel
Abdussalam Baryun said: I am part of the community design team as well because I participate with community more than the private hidden  groups. I think that the draft is a true work open to IETF. I still did not get a reply to my request to know what is the DT authority, very strange name

RE: Last Call: draft-resnick-on-consensus-05.txt (On Consensus and Humming in the IETF) to Informational RFC

2013-10-11 Thread Adrian Farrel
Hi Pete, At this point, a working week through the four week last call, I am wondering whether the volume of comments and changes merit waiting for a revised version before I do a last call review, or whether I should dive in with the current version and risk raising a number of points already

RE: Community Feedback: IETF Trust Agreement Issues

2013-10-09 Thread Adrian Farrel
Hi Chris, I have become confused between the permission necessary to republish the Tao, and the request to republish under a Creative Commons license. Can I try to clarify. Do we or do we not grant permission for others to publish the Tao and the translations of the Tao under section 3c of the

RE: year for highest number of IETF participants

2013-10-08 Thread Adrian Farrel
Curiously these numbers do not match those at https://www.ietf.org/meeting/past.html Registration, we may conclude, does not equate to attendance. Adrian -Original Message- From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Joe Abley Sent: 08 October 2013 02:38

RE: Last Call: draft-ietf-mpls-tp-rosetta-stone-12.txt

2013-10-03 Thread Adrian Farrel
Thanks for this document which was surprisingly readable. I have a number of comments from my AD review, but they are all trivial and can be handled as IETF last call comments. Thanks, Adrian --- Nurit will want to change the minor details or her affiliation. --- Abstract Expand MPLS-TP and

RE: independant submissions that update standards track, and datatracker

2013-10-01 Thread Adrian Farrel
Not to detract from your point, Michael, but http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/search/?name=nomcomrfcs=onsort= is pretty good. Adrian -Original Message- From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Michael Richardson Sent: 01 October 2013 19:29 To:

RE: LC comments on draft-cotton-rfc4020bis-01.txt

2013-09-29 Thread Adrian Farrel
Hi John, Thanks for the additions. Everything you say seems fine to me for the cases you are focusing on, but I hope that any changes to 4020bis keep two things in mind lest we find ourselves tangled in rules and prohibiting some reasonable behavior (a subset of which is used now). 4020bis

RE: LC comments on draft-cotton-rfc4020bis-01.txt

2013-09-28 Thread Adrian Farrel
Hi, I am working with Michelle on responses and updates after IETF last call. Most of the issues give rise to relatively easy changes, and Michelle can handle them in a new revision with a note saying what has changed and why. But Eric's email gives rise to a wider and more difficult point on

RE: Deprecate

2013-08-29 Thread Adrian Farrel
Tom, Not a complete answer but look in RFC 4020 (especially 3.3) and draft-cotton-rfc4020bis (currently in IETF last call). Adrian -Original Message- From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of t.p. Sent: 29 August 2013 12:56 To: ietf Subject: Deprecate

RE: Deprecate

2013-08-29 Thread Adrian Farrel
That would be great. Should 4020bis have a gating normative reference on 5226bis? Adrian -Original Message- From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Michelle Cotton Sent: 29 August 2013 15:53 To: Dearlove, Christopher (UK); t.p.; ietf Subject: Re:

RE: [CCAMP] Last Call: draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-signaling-g709v3-11.txt (Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Signaling Extensions for the evolving G.709 Optical Transport Networks Contr

2013-08-21 Thread Adrian Farrel
- From: ccamp-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ccamp-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Adrian Farrel Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 2:51 AM To: ietf@ietf.org Cc: cc...@ietf.org Subject: Re: [CCAMP] Last Call: draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-signaling-g709v3-11.txt (Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS

RE: [CCAMP] Last Call: draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-signaling-g709v3-11.txt (Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Signaling Extensions for the evolving G.709 Optical Transport Networks Contr

2013-08-20 Thread Adrian Farrel
As sponsoring AD I have the following last call comments I hope you will take on board. Thanks, Adrian Please fix the two lines that are too long (see idnits) --- Please expand OTN on first use in the main text. Please expand TS on its first use. --- 6.2 The ingress node of an LSP MAY

RE: Community Input Sought on SOWs for RFC Production Center and RFC Publisher

2013-08-16 Thread Adrian Farrel
Hi Ray, Thanks for the reminder. Meta-nit The document seems unsure whether to say Internet Draft or Internet-Draft. --- Nits: Para 2 The RPC is one of the distinct components of the RFC Editor. The primary responsibility for the RPC is to edit approved Internet Drafts to a consistent high

RE: The Friday Report (was Re: Weekly posting summary for ietf@ietf.org)

2013-08-03 Thread Adrian Farrel
I prefer if you post at end of Friday (as in the end of working days of 5 in each week). There are seven days in most weeks, in my experience. I suggested to Thomas to submit report in end of Friday I suggest that anyone who wants something different simply writes code for something

RE: [Trustees] The Trust Agreement

2013-08-03 Thread Adrian Farrel
Hi Chris, Issue #1 We have recently been asked permission to republish the TAO with a creative commons license, but unfortunately the current trust agreement does not give the trustees the rights to do this It doesn't? You have the right to license existing and future

RE: Berlin was awesome, let's come again

2013-08-02 Thread Adrian Farrel
Mutter. IETF 87 It was warm in Berlin IETF 84 Hot sun. Got sunburn on Saturday before IETF IETF 70 Snowed a little in Vancouver. Reasonable skiing the week after. IETF 64 Rain, rain, more rain. Got very wet feet walking from non-IETF hotel. Bought boots. Adrian -Original Message-

RE: [87all] IETF 87 - InterContinental Lunch Options

2013-07-29 Thread Adrian Farrel
Clarifications on Lunch Options at the InterContinental: Grab-N-Go is only available at the Marlene Bar. A limited variety of salads and currywurst will be available. And it was tasty. But turned out to be grab and wait for it to be prepared by a caring and meticulous chef Adrian

I-D Action: draft-barnes-healthy-food-07.txt

2013-07-16 Thread Adrian Farrel
Mary, I appreciate your work on this document, but I don't know where or how to draw the line. Personally, I will strongly try to be vegetarian, but eat meat rather than starve (a situation that arises when travelling). But I will also try to eat fairly traded produce, and also try to reduce the

RE: I-D Action: draft-barnes-healthy-food-07.txt

2013-07-16 Thread Adrian Farrel
Personally, I will strongly try to be vegetarian, but eat meat rather than starve (a situation that arises when travelling). if a venue is chosen that forces you (or me or others) into a meat or starve or, much worse, eat something severely damaging to health or beliefs or starve

RE: I-D Action: draft-barnes-healthy-food-07.txt

2013-07-16 Thread Adrian Farrel
...@gmail.com] Sent: 16 July 2013 20:49 To: adr...@olddog.co.uk Cc: John C Klensin; draft-barnes-healthy-f...@tools.ietf.org; ietf@ietf.org Subject: Re: I-D Action: draft-barnes-healthy-food-07.txt On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Adrian Farrel adr...@olddog.co.uk wrote: Personally, I

RE: Comments For I-D: draft-moonesamy-nomcom-eligibility-00 (was Re: The Nominating Committee Process: Eligibility)

2013-06-29 Thread Adrian Farrel
This message is reply to an author of a new draft under ietf discussion. If this list is not the correct place to discuss such matter, then the list's responsible Chair is required to give details of where to discuss such new work. I have no idea what a list's responsible chair is, but there

RE: The Nominating Committee Process: Eligibility

2013-06-27 Thread Adrian Farrel
Because of that, weakening requirements for NomCom participation greatly increases the probability that our culture will fracture, and our mission statement lose meaning, before we have a chance to agree on what they should become. I supported the proposal to require a few

New non-WG malign list : Network Service Chaining (NSC)

2013-06-17 Thread Adrian Farrel
There is a new non-working group mailing list for discussion of Network Service Chaining (NSC) The web page for users is: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/nsc There is also an email-based interface for users. You can get info about using it by sending a message with just the word

RE: [manet] Last Call: draft-ietf-manet-nhdp-sec-threats-03.txt (Security Threats for NHDP) to Informational RFC

2013-06-11 Thread Adrian Farrel
We have submitted a new revision of the draft, addressing one comment from Adrian during IETF LC (which we wanted to address in the previous revision, but forgot about it). We added a new section that can trigger future work, as requested by Adrian. I don't see that Adrian requested a

RE: Last Call: draft-ietf-manet-nhdp-sec-threats-03.txt (Security Threats for NHDP) to Informational RFC

2013-06-06 Thread Adrian Farrel
related to the I-D. AB On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 6:35 AM, Ulrich Herberg ulr...@herberg.name wrote: Hi Adrian, I personally agree that adding an informational ref to draft-ietf-manet-nhdp-olsrv2-sec is a good idea. I will discuss with my co-authors. Thanks Ulrich On Sunday, June 2, 2013, Adrian

RE: [manet] Last Call: draft-ietf-manet-nhdp-sec-threats-03.txt (Security Threats for NHDP) to Informational RFC

2013-06-06 Thread Adrian Farrel
I find it somewhat disruptive that this email raises new questions on a draft authored in a working group in which you participate, and that it has arrived after the end of IETF last call. I see a series of questions in this message, but no suggested textual changes. I therefore conclude that you

RE: Last Call: draft-ietf-manet-nhdp-sec-threats-03.txt (Security Threats for NHDP) to Informational RFC

2013-06-06 Thread Adrian Farrel
Sorry to everyone for the noise this thread is creating. Multiple questions that I have to answer. It falls to me to make a call on this issue before the document moves on. Abdussalam has complained that he has not been acknowledged and has objected to the current text in section 8. The

RE: I-D Action: draft-crocker-id-adoption-02.txt

2013-06-03 Thread Adrian Farrel
Thanks Lloyd, I doubt that we should make commentary on IRTF practices, but you are right that it would help to clarify This document applies to the IETF stream only (i.e., not the IAB, IRTF, or Independent streams) Thanks, Adrian -Original Message- From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org

RE: [Pce] Last Call: draft-ietf-pce-gmpls-aps-req-07.txt (Requirements for GMPLS applications of PCE) to Informational RFC

2013-06-02 Thread Adrian Farrel
Development Dept. +81-(0)80-5945-9138 | www.kddi.com -Original Message- From: Adrian Farrel [mailto:adr...@olddog.co.uk] Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2013 7:20 PM To: ietf@ietf.org Cc: draft-ietf-pce-gmpls-aps-req@tools.ietf.org Subject: RE: [Pce] Last Call: draft-ietf-pce-gmpls

RE: [manet] Last Call: draft-ietf-manet-nhdp-sec-threats-03.txt (Security Threats for NHDP) to Informational RFC

2013-06-02 Thread Adrian Farrel
Hi Abdussalam, I think it is a reasonable suggestion for this I-D to make a forward reference to draft-ietf-manet-nhdp-olsrv2-sec Although this work is clearly scoped to NHDP (RFC 6130) as currently specified, it is worth an informational reference to note that there is work in progress that

RE: When to adopt a WG I-D

2013-05-30 Thread Adrian Farrel
OK, I think Dave and I are going to discuss this. I see a wedge :-) The problem is where to stop. I completely agree that the current I-D does not cover everything and I can see that *some* things can usefully be added. OTOH, if we don't draw lines, mission creep will lead us, step-by-step,

RE: When to adopt a WG I-D

2013-05-30 Thread Adrian Farrel
Hi Melinda, Funny, but I agree. To be honest at this point I'm sort of reflexively anti-process-documents, unless there's an actual problem that needs actual solution. Which is why this isn't a process document. The origin is a WG chairs Edu session. Turns out there was not a lot of clarity

RE: When to adopt a WG I-D

2013-05-30 Thread Adrian Farrel
Which is why this isn't a process document. Are you sure? Oooh, a quiz. I like quizzes. Let me see. Yes or no. Hmmm. Yes, I'm sure. Your turn now. Are you sure? Ciao, Adrian

RE: [IETF] Re: Issues in wider geographic participation

2013-05-30 Thread Adrian Farrel
Hi, This thread is helpful to me. This is somewhat of a vicious cycle -- operators participate less, and so the IETF understands less about how their networks run. This leads to solutions that don't understand the real world, and so operators lose faith/interest in IETF, and

When to adopt a WG I-D

2013-05-28 Thread Adrian Farrel
Hi, Dave Crocker and I have this little draft [1] discussing the process and considerations for creating formal working group drafts that are targeted for publication. We believe that this may help clarify some of the issues and concerns associated with this part of the process. We are

RE: [Pce] Last Call: draft-ietf-pce-gmpls-aps-req-07.txt (Requirements for GMPLS applications of PCE) to Informational RFC

2013-05-25 Thread Adrian Farrel
Hi, Here are my review comments as responsible AD. Because they are minor comments, I am entering them as part of IETF last call rather than getting them fixed before last call. That should expedite the publication a little. Thanks, Adrian === idnits shows a couple of issues with your

RE: draft-ietf-manet-nhdp-sec-threats-03.txt (Security Threats for NHDP) to Informational RFC

2013-05-24 Thread Adrian Farrel
In the interests of moving the document forward more briskly, here are my comments as responsible AD. Thanks, Adrian --- I know it is not the intent of this document to propose solutions or mitigations to any of the threats described. However, I think two things would be useful: 1. Please add

RE: Is this an elephant? [Was: call for ideas: tail-heavy IETF process]

2013-05-16 Thread Adrian Farrel
1:30 PM, Adrian Farrel wrote: Suppose the AD raised her concern by writing a Comment or sending an email and balloting No Objection. That would mean that the I-D would be approved for publication. At this point either: - the discussion goes on, but the document becomes an RFC anyway

Is this an elephant? [Was: call for ideas: tail-heavy IETF process]

2013-05-15 Thread Adrian Farrel
The claim (or one of the claims) is that some ADs may place Discusses that are intended to raise a discussion with the authors/WG that could equally have been raised with a Comment or through direct email. This, it is claimed, may unnecessarily delay the document from completing the publication

RE: call for ideas: tail-heavy IETF process

2013-05-03 Thread Adrian Farrel
Well said, Thomas. Two concrete suggestions: 1) have WGs do the managing role more proactively 2) mentor authors and others a bit more to encourage them how best to operate Which I suspect means... 0) have ADs manage/mentor the WG chairs more proactively. Almost certainly a case of if I

RE: call for ideas: tail-heavy IETF process

2013-05-03 Thread Adrian Farrel
1) have WGs do the managing role more proactively Provide WG Chairs the monitoring tools they need to be proactive - Action Tracker, what do I need to do today data tracker views. Same for AD. Same for authors and their mentors, if any. Wouldn't work for me. YMMV. Adrian

RE: [Tools-discuss] Last Call: draft-sheffer-running-code-04.txt (Improving Awareness of Running Code: the Implementation Status Section) to Experimental RFC

2013-04-28 Thread Adrian Farrel
Hi Fred, I'm in complete agreement with you, but... :-) Before investing in a common set of tools to archive implementation information, I wanted to see whether there was *any* intention to make that information available. Thus, this is a baby-step towards the end result that you and I wold

RE: Last Call: draft-sheffer-running-code-04.txt (Improving Awareness of Running Code: the Implementation Status Section) to Experimental RFC

2013-04-28 Thread Adrian Farrel
Hi AB, Thanks for your review. IMHO, we should not request to delete this proposed section, but it can be shifted to the Appendix section when published. Removing the section is like doing some work in IETF and then destroying it, future reviewers/implementers may not know why it was

RE: Last Call: draft-sheffer-running-code-04.txt (Improving Awareness of Running Code: the Implementation Status Section) to Experimental RFC

2013-04-26 Thread Adrian Farrel
Hi SM, I have read every word in this document multiple times mainly in the order they were written. :-) Hmmm, you can't be sure what order we wrote them. You can only know what order they are presented in :-) In Section 1: The scope of the intended experiment is all Internet-Drafts

RE: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-19 Thread Adrian Farrel
On 19 April 2013 at 12:22 Abdussalam Baryun abdussalambar...@gmail.com wrote on this list: No name in the AD list appear so far, but if your the discuss-list is right then it may be good progress, hoping for more names for diversity. I count three ADs on the diversity discussion list at the

RE: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-18 Thread Adrian Farrel
The perception is important. It probably shows many things including attendance is not participation. Just for the completely unscientific hell of it, I just counted up the mic-sex in CCAMP's marathon meetings in Orlando. I counted minuted interventions and presentations. I counted each

RE: Purpose of IESG Review

2013-04-11 Thread Adrian Farrel
Hi Ian, Examples are useful because they give the IESG something to chew on. If you don't call us when we do bad stuff we might never know. Examples can be dangerous because we can rat-hole into the specific rather than the general, but i would like to use your example as data point to get some

RE: Purpose of IESG Review

2013-04-11 Thread Adrian Farrel
And that should, of course, have read Hi Lloyd Sorry about that, Lloyd. The rest of the message still stands. Adrian -Original Message- From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Adrian Farrel Sent: 11 April 2013 22:18 To: l.w...@surrey.ac.uk Cc: ietf

RE: question about draft-touch-tcp-ao-nat

2013-04-10 Thread Adrian Farrel
Joe, In my address book I also have i...@ref-editor.org and n.brown...@auckland.ac.nz both cc'ed here. Looking at http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-touch-tcp-ao-nat/ the I-D state is Response to Review Needed as you noted. I don't have an key to the ISE states, but this one would seem to

RE: draft-sheffer-running-code-03 published

2013-04-06 Thread Adrian Farrel
Hi, [snipping out some useful points] We had considered what you suggest below, and indeed I typed it up in a recent email to Yaron before deleting it again. Yes, we could do what you suggest, but as you found, it requires a kind of meta-note to the RFC Editor that starts to get messy and

RE: RFC 6921 on Design Considerations for Faster-Than-Light (FTL) Communication

2013-04-05 Thread Adrian Farrel
So instead of asking the community do you have an intention to implement and deploy? we should ask have you already been going to have implemented and deployed yet? thinking about this and assuming that the FTL Communication are deployed in a not too far distant future, wouldn't we have started

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Adrian Farrel
Mary, I need to check but... [MB] What I find interesting is that there was 200+ newcomers, but I certainly didn't find that many at the meet and greet. I have to wonder whether this doesn't have to do with the overlap between Sunday tutorials and this event. I think that needs to be

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Adrian Farrel
*and* the chairs would want to be at both sessions. Adrian On Thu 14/03/13 12:34 PM , Mary Barnes mary.ietf.bar...@gmail.com sent: On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 7:30 AM, Adrian Farrel adrian@ol ddog.co.uk wrote: Mary, I need to check but... [MB] What I find interesting is that there was 200

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Adrian Farrel
FWIW, the IETF home page has a link (top left) for Chat Live with the IETF Community In the 6 months that I used to turn up there regularly, I saw very few other people, but did handle a couple of relatively newbie questions. I offer this only as a data point to inform subsequent work. Adrian

RE: Diversity of IETF Leadership

2013-03-12 Thread Adrian Farrel
I kind of promised I would not get sucked into this particular rat hole, but... The problem is with the poorly scoped use of the word diversity. It is clear from some research that certain types of increased diversity do increase the quality of decision-making. It is also clear from rational

RE: Last Call: draft-arkko-iesg-crossarea-02.txt (Experiences from Cross-Area Work at the IETF) to Informational RFC

2013-02-09 Thread Adrian Farrel
Hi, Here are some comments resulting from my reading of draft-arkko-iesg-crossarea. I chose to review the -03 version. Hope they are useful. Adrian === In several places, this document is careful to state that the text represents the personal view of the author (Section 4 Process vs.

When is a 3933 experiment necessary? [Was: Last Call: draft-farrell-ft-03.txt (A Fast-Track way to RFC with Running Code) to Experimental RFC]

2013-01-30 Thread Adrian Farrel
Well, is that a meta-judgment call? I took the view that the full process expressed in draft-farrell-ft could not be done by the IESG at their discretion. That is, that some of the steps proposed constituted a significant variation from documented processes or well-established behavior. Thus, it

Premature termination of IETF last call on draft-farrell-ft

2013-01-29 Thread Adrian Farrel
Hi, This email terminates (prematurely) the IETF last call on draft-farrell-ft. It is clear to me that this document will not be advanced for further IESG evaluation without considerable further work and a subsequent IETF last call. There is no point in continuing this IETF last call. In no way

RE: FW: Last Call: draft-farrell-ft-03.txt (A Fast-Track way to RFC with Running Code) to Experimental RFC

2013-01-25 Thread Adrian Farrel
Hello, Sorry I missed your last paragraph in the snow storm. So, Adrian, noting the ratio between discussion of this draft on the IETF list in the last few weeks and discussions of everything else, how long does professional courtesy to another IESG member (presumably in combination with

RE: Discussion of BCP79 on the IPR-WG List

2013-01-19 Thread Adrian Farrel
Just to help this along a bit... The IPR WG was concluded in November 2008. However, the mailing list remained active for the discussion of IPR issues: subscribe via https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipr-wg. The list archive is at

FW: Last Call: draft-farrell-ft-03.txt (A Fast-Track way to RFC with Running Code) to Experimental RFC

2013-01-11 Thread Adrian Farrel
Hi Alexa, Please be aware of this document that has just entered a four-week IETF last call. The document describes a proposed IETF process experiment under the rules of RFC 3933. The proposed experiment calls on the IETF Secretariat to take specific actions under certain circumstances in corner

RE: I'm struggling with 2219 language again

2013-01-04 Thread Adrian Farrel
Lou's view matches how I write and review documents. I would add that there is sometimes value in using 2119-style language in requirements documents (The protocol solution MUST enable transmission of data...) although, in my opinion, this requires a tweak to the normal2119 boilerplate. Adrian

RE: Running code, take 2

2012-12-13 Thread Adrian Farrel
I'm interested in this idea. However, I note that an implementation status section of a document is frozen in time when a document goes to RFC. I wonder whether we could leverage our tools and do something similar to IPR disclosures. That is, provide a semi-formal web page where implementation

RE: Running code, take 2

2012-12-13 Thread Adrian Farrel
is not appropriate in an RFC. Thanks, Yaron On 12/13/2012 04:16 PM, Adrian Farrel wrote: I'm interested in this idea. However, I note that an implementation status section of a document is frozen in time when a document goes to RFC. I wonder whether we could leverage our

RE: Running code, take 2

2012-12-13 Thread Adrian Farrel
. Yaron On 12/13/2012 05:10 PM, Adrian Farrel wrote: How about... Start with Yaron's proposal to include in the I-D. This is easy as a starting point. Duplicate documentation in wiki may be useful and provide a place to track text for inclusion in the next revision. When/if inclusion

RE: Creating an IETF Working Group Draft

2012-12-04 Thread Adrian Farrel
Abdussalam, By all means send text or suggestions for edits. Dave and I will include what is reasonable and seek a consensus that agrees with our motivation for writing the document. Thanks, Adrian From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Abdussalam Baryun

RE: Creating an IETF Working Group Draft

2012-12-03 Thread Adrian Farrel
We could certainly say this. It is a true statement. However, the document is trying to talk about WG I-Ds, not to provide a general description of everything the IETF and RFC Editor ever does. Is it false to say: Documents under development in the IETF community are distributed as

RE: When to adopt a draft as a WG doc (was RE: IETF work is done on the mailing lists)

2012-11-29 Thread Adrian Farrel
Just picking at one point... According to some RFC: All relevant documents to be discussed at a session should be published and available as Internet-Drafts at least two weeks before a session starts. If the above was followed there shouldn't be any draft submissions during

RE: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-12 Thread Adrian Farrel
Dale said: One way to build up enough credibility to get respected people to answer you is to do thankless jobs. In most WGs, there are never enough people who are willing to read and provide detailed critiques of drafts. (And believe me, almost all drafts need significant improvements of

RE: IESG Considering a Revision to NOTE WELL

2012-11-12 Thread Adrian Farrel
I think you miss the point of This summary is only meant to point you in the right direction, and doesn't have all the nuances. The IETF's IPR Policy is set forth in BCP 79; please read it carefully. That point is: this Note Well is not intended to reproduce the entirety of BCP79. Adrian

Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-08 Thread Adrian Farrel
Trimming SM's email... There is a direct contribution of US $2.2 million by the Internet Society next year. Is the plan to rely on Internet Society subsidies or to fix the deficit? One argument made was that the fees have not been increased over the last years. I'll point out that there

RE: WG Action: Rechartered Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (bfd)

2012-11-08 Thread Adrian Farrel
...@juniper.net; ietf@ietf.org Subject: Re: WG Action: Rechartered Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (bfd) - Original Message - From: Adrian Farrel afar...@juniper.net To: 't.p.' daedu...@btconnect.com; ietf@ietf.org Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2012 5:43 PM Hello Tom. Charter text

RE: WG Action: Rechartered Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (bfd)

2012-11-05 Thread Adrian Farrel
Assigned Area Director: Adrian Farrel adr...@olddog.co.uk Mailing list Address: rtg-...@ietf.org To Subscribe: rtg-bfd-requ...@ietf.org Archive: http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/rtg-bfd/ Charter of Working Group: The BFD Working Group is chartered to standardize

RE: don't overthink, was Just so I'm clear

2012-10-25 Thread Adrian Farrel
Barry, If you believe that a change to process is necessary to make a ruling on absentee-ism, then you will also (on reflection) believe that process changes cannot be made retro-active. So, rushing this through (I do not mean to be pejorative in my use of rushing) will not actually help the

RE: IAOC Request for community feedback

2012-10-23 Thread Adrian Farrel
The IAOC is requesting feedback from the community whether it is reasonable to declare Marshall's IAOC position vacant. Yes, with regret. Marshall has done a lot of good stuff for us over the years, and I hope he is well and functioning. However, Marshall filled a community-appointed post on

RE: In Memoriam IETF web page

2012-10-21 Thread Adrian Farrel
Good idea, but suggest to go wider than your a-d and stick to: anyone who was part of the IETF community. In practice, that will mean, anyone who someone else thinks was a part of the community. It would not be seemly to squabble about whether someone had really played a significant part in

RE: I-D Action: draft-jaeggli-interim-observations-02.txt

2012-10-20 Thread Adrian Farrel
Thanks for the revision, Joel. My greatest take-away is the phrase you suggest might be a tautology... Interim meetings probably are more successful when they appear necessary In general, WGs feel they must meet at full IETF meetings, and they are well-attended because everyone is there

Re: I-D Action: draft-jaeggli-interim-observations-00.txt

2012-10-15 Thread Adrian Farrel
Joel, Thanks for this stake in the ground as a starting point for recording observations on the LIM. As an AD who was not there, I believe it is really important that we try to capture this experience to decide whether to repeat the idea, and if so, how to improve it. Cheers, Adrian

RE: I-D Action: draft-jaeggli-interim-observations-00.txt

2012-10-15 Thread Adrian Farrel
ok, i am lost. the draft is only an outline and has zero content? is it a quiz? Treat it like that and see if you can give Joel the right answers. For me: Did it make any difference to you that it was a LIM rather than simply a SIDR interim? Were logistics and resources worth the fee? Should

RE: Last Call: draft-leiba-3777upd-eligibility-04.txt (Update to RFC 3777 to Clarify Nominating Committee Eligibility of IETF Leadership) to Best Current Practice

2012-09-27 Thread Adrian Farrel
I have participated in the discussions leading to this version of the document, and support its publication as an RFC. However, I have two small editorial proposals and two typos that I would like to see polished. Thanks, Adrian --- Section 1 RFC 3777 specifies that sitting members of the

FW: Last Call: draft-leiba-extended-doc-shepherd-00.txt (Document Shepherding Throughout a Document's Lifecycle) to Informational RFC

2012-09-25 Thread Adrian Farrel
Hi, I don't understand the process for this document. I read Russ's words, but I don't glean the meaning :-( This document is in IETF last call for publication in the IETF stream. Yet any comments received will not necessarily be taken on board and the document will not be published as having

RE: Draft IESG Statement on Removal of an Internet-Draft from the IETF Web Site

2012-09-21 Thread Adrian Farrel
(My problem was not that draft expiry makes the process more complicated, but that the chairs didn't notice the expiry and I can't blame them.) Well, the system does send out automatic reminders (entitled Expiration Impending: draft-foo) to all authors and copied to the WG chairs. So not

RE: the usual mail stuff, was IETF...the unconference of SDOs

2012-09-11 Thread Adrian Farrel
Carsten sed: I'm not an expert for this, but, as far as I am aware of, it has not been possible to productively participate in e-mail conversations using Outlook. You're right, Carsten. Nothing I have done in the last 10 years has been in any way productive. Adrian

RE: Draft IESG Statement on Removal of an Internet-Draft from the IETF Web Site

2012-09-05 Thread Adrian Farrel
Hi Ted, I think an I-D can be removed from the I-D directory by replacing it with another I-D (possibly with null content, or possibly with tombstone text) using existing process. Cheers, Adrian -Original Message- From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of

RE: Draft IESG Statement on Removal of an Internet-Draft from the IETF Web Site

2012-09-04 Thread Adrian Farrel
Hi John, This discussion of DMCA is useful to me as a non-US resident. Are we sure that the boilerplate included in I-Ds does not constitute a statement by the authors that they have not, as far as they are aware, infringed any copyright? In other words, isn't the boilerplate a pre-emptive

RE: Re: Gen-ART review of draft-ietf-ccamp-assoc-ext-04

2012-08-30 Thread Adrian Farrel
...@labn.net] Sent: 30 August 2012 15:28 To: Adrian Farrel Cc: draft-ietf-ccamp-assoc-ext@tools.ietf.org; gen-...@ietf.org; ietf@ietf.org Subject: Fwd: Re: Gen-ART review of draft-ietf-ccamp-assoc-ext-04 Adrian, Shout (or change the ID state) when you're ready for the update

FW: Last Call: draft-ietf-manet-olsrv2-15.txt (The Optimized Link State Routing Protocol version 2) to Proposed Standard

2012-08-24 Thread Adrian Farrel
I consulted with the writer of this email about copying to the IETF list and he asked the IESG to decide. I believe that it is helpful that technical comments be aired in public, therefore I am forwarding an edited version of his email. Authors, please include this in the responses that you will

Your comments on draft-ietf-manet-olsrv2-15.txt

2012-08-23 Thread Adrian Farrel
Hi Abdussalam, Thank you for your review comments on draft-ietf-manet-olsrv2-15.txt I see seven separate points raised in separate emails. Can you confirm that this is the totality of your comments. I also note that the seventh email was sent to only the IESG. May I have your permission to

Some thoughts about draft-leiba-3777upd-eligibility-02.txt

2012-08-21 Thread Adrian Farrel
Hi, I have one discussion point and a number of small nits... Cheers, Adrian --- Discussion point. The Abstract makes it clear that the purpose of the document is to handle the (new) IAOC and to resolve uncertainty about liaisons and ex-officio members of the IAB, IESG, and IAOC. This seems

RE: Some thoughts about draft-leiba-3777upd-eligibility-02.txt

2012-08-21 Thread Adrian Farrel
How about asking Heather for the appropriate term? Seems easier than guessing :-) A -Original Message- From: Donald Eastlake [mailto:d3e...@gmail.com] Sent: 21 August 2012 20:45 To: Barry Leiba Cc: adr...@olddog.co.uk; draft-leiba-3777upd-eligibil...@tools.ietf.org; ietf@ietf.org

RE: Gen-ART LC review of draft-ietf-ccamp-rfc5787bis-05

2012-08-13 Thread Adrian Farrel
Thanks Roni, Good catches. Adrian From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Roni Even Sent: 13 August 2012 22:07 To: draft-ietf-ccamp-rfc5787bis@tools.ietf.org Cc: gen-...@ietf.org; ietf@ietf.org Subject: Gen-ART LC review of draft-ietf-ccamp-rfc5787bis-05 I

RE: Last Call: Modern Global Standards Paradigm

2012-08-10 Thread Adrian Farrel
Hi Russ, I am conscious that this text needs to have the consensus of the three groups planning to co-sign, and we also need consensus of the IETF community that you sign it. Given the first of these, I think the question you ask is Are there strong objections? not Could we wordsmith this so we

RE: New Version Notification for: draft-baryun-rfc2119-update-00.txt

2012-08-03 Thread Adrian Farrel
A Change to the interpretation of normative language does not retroactively apply to existing documents. Shucks! Really? I was hoping I could automatically change the behavior of deployed routers by updating the meaning of some words in published RFCs. You mean I can't do that? A

RE: New Version Notification for: draft-baryun-rfc2119-update-00.txt

2012-08-01 Thread Adrian Farrel
Barry, Did you mean bad or BAD? A From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Barry Leiba Sent: 01 August 2012 17:04 To: Abdussalam Baryun Cc: ietf Subject: Re: New Version Notification for: draft-baryun-rfc2119-update-00.txt I written this draft starting a

RE: New Version Notification for: draft-baryun-rfc2119-update-00.txt

2012-08-01 Thread Adrian Farrel
OF SALT On Aug 1, 2012, at 9:39 AM, Adrian Farrel wrote: Barry, Did you mean bad or BAD? A From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Barry Leiba Sent: 01 August 2012 17:04 To: Abdussalam Baryun Cc: ietf Subject: Re: New Version Notification for: draft-baryun

RE: Last Call: draft-ietf-manet-olsrv2-15.txt (The Optimized Link State Routing Protocol version 2) to Proposed Standard

2012-07-28 Thread Adrian Farrel
All, Please note this last call was re-started to handle a downref I missed first time around. Adrian -Original Message- From: manet-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:manet-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of The IESG Sent: 29 July 2012 00:28 To: IETF-Announce Cc: ma...@ietf.org Subject:

RE: Gen-ART review of draft-ietf-bliss-shared-appearances-11

2012-06-29 Thread Adrian Farrel
Please read the FAQ at http://wiki.tools.ietf.org/area/gen/trac/wiki/GenArtfaq Adrian -Original Message- From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Abdussalam Baryun Sent: 29 June 2012 16:35 To: david.bl...@emc.com Cc: ietf Subject: Re: Gen-ART review

RE: Future Handling of Blue Sheets

2012-06-15 Thread Adrian Farrel
I've always found that term in that context highly presumptuous and slightly offensive. Adrian -Original Message- From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of edj@gmail.com Sent: 15 June 2012 22:43 To: Eric Burger; ietf-boun...@ietf.org; IETF Chair

RE: I-D Action: draft-hoffman-tao-as-web-page-00.txt

2012-06-11 Thread Adrian Farrel
Tony, Is there a need to draw a line (over which we will, no doubt, manage to fight in the future)? Can we not just say that updates will be batched and approved in a timely fashion, and know that updates will receive as much review and discussion as the community thinks they merit? Adrian

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