RE: No single problem... (was Re: what is the problem bis)

2010-11-04 Thread Ross Callon
Commenting on one issue from John's email from Sat 10/30/2010 4:18am (and ignoring the issue of what John was doing up at 4am): However, a change to the handling of documents that are candidates for Proposed Standard is ultimately in the hands of the IESG. In principle, they could announce

RE: No single problem... (was Re: what is the problem bis)

2010-11-04 Thread John C Klensin
--On Thursday, 04 November, 2010 05:50 -0400 Ross Callon rcal...@juniper.net wrote: Commenting on one issue from John's email from Sat 10/30/2010 4:18am (and ignoring the issue of what John was doing up at 4am): :-) However, a change to the handling of documents that are candidates for

RE: No single problem... (was Re: what is the problem bis)

2010-11-04 Thread Ross Callon
I don't see proceeding by small, incremental changes to be a problem. Indeed, I usually consider it an advantage as long as there is reasonable confidence that the changes that are made won't foreclose real solutions later... This is my understanding of what is proposed. ...That risk can

Re: No single problem... (was Re: what is the problem bis)

2010-11-01 Thread Ted Hardie
On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 1:17 AM, John C Klensin john-i...@jck.com wrote: snip However, a change to the handling of documents that are candidates for Proposed Standard is ultimately in the hands of the IESG.  In principle, they could announce tomorrow that any document submitted for processing

Re: No single problem... (was Re: what is the problem bis)

2010-11-01 Thread Ted Hardie
On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 8:16 AM, Hadriel Kaplan hkap...@acmepacket.com wrote: So is your expectation that if Russ's draft gets published, the bar for PS will suddenly drop? If so, why do we need Russ's draft to begin with?  We already have rfc2026.   Why would a new RFC which says follow

Re: No single problem... (was Re: what is the problem bis)

2010-11-01 Thread John Leslie
Ted Hardie ted.i...@gmail.com wrote: When I re-write the advance mechanics draft, I will propose something along the following lines: 1) A WG snapshot-like status achieved after agreement by the working group and a posting by the WG chair to IETF-announce notifying the wider

Re: No single problem... (was Re: what is the problem bis)

2010-10-30 Thread John C Klensin
Ted, I agree with almost everything you say, but want to focus on one issue (inline below). --On Friday, October 29, 2010 16:15 -0700 Ted Hardie ted.i...@gmail.com wrote: ... As we stare down this rathole one more time, let's at least be certain that there is more than one rat down there,

Re: No single problem... (was Re: what is the problem bis)

2010-10-30 Thread Hadriel Kaplan
I don't think it's resistance to changing a process that we are not following - I think it's which part of the process we think isn't working, or which part is IMPORTANT that isn't working. Going from three steps of which only one step is used, to two steps of which only one step will be

Re: No single problem... (was Re: what is the problem bis)

2010-10-30 Thread Hadriel Kaplan
Hi Ted, I was with your statements all the way to this: Russ's draft tries to do two things: Restore the 2026 rules for Proposed as the functionally in-use bar for the first rung. ... What makes you say that? I read the draft and I don't see it doing that, really. I know it says: The

No single problem... (was Re: what is the problem bis)

2010-10-29 Thread Ted Hardie
As is moderately obvious from the stream of commentary on this thread and there companions, there is no *one* problem at the root of all this. One way to draw this is: Issue: Documents are too slow in achieving the first rung of the standards process Contributing issues: -WG formation

Re: No single problem... (was Re: what is the problem bis)

2010-10-29 Thread Randy Presuhn
Hi - From: Ted Hardie ted.i...@gmail.com To: IETF ietf@ietf.org Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 4:15 PM Subject: No single problem... (was Re: what is the problem bis) ... As is moderately obvious from the stream of commentary on this thread and there companions, there is no *one* problem

Re: No single problem... (was Re: what is the problem bis)

2010-10-29 Thread Phillip Hallam-Baker
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 4:15 PM Subject: No single problem... (was Re: what is the problem bis) ... As is moderately obvious from the stream of commentary on this thread and there companions, there is no *one* problem at the root of all this. One way to draw this is: ... I wonder

Re: No single problem... (was Re: what is the problem bis)

2010-10-29 Thread Melinda Shore
On 10/29/10 5:24 PM, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: So why is there so much resistance to changing a process that we are not following? I think there's a sentimental attachment to it. That said, I suppose if I were in your position I'd be asking myself why I'm still whacking away at the same

Re: No single problem... (was Re: what is the problem bis)

2010-10-29 Thread Phillip Hallam-Baker
Consensus can be achieved in two ways The first is that everyone understands the issues in the same way and are agreed on a common approach. The second is that people would prefer not to face unfortunate facts and so they agree to ignore them and get the squeaky wheels to shut up. Now we could