Re: [IETF] Re: Internet Draft Final Submission Cut-Off Today

2013-02-27 Thread Mary Barnes
On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 4:59 PM, Warren Kumari war...@kumari.net wrote: On Feb 26, 2013, at 5:54 PM, Roberto Peon grm...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not sure that the deadline serves any positive purpose so long as we keep all of the versions anyway. It certainly is annoying the way it is now and

Re: [IETF] Re: Internet Draft Final Submission Cut-Off Today

2013-02-26 Thread Warren Kumari
On Feb 26, 2013, at 5:54 PM, Roberto Peon grm...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not sure that the deadline serves any positive purpose so long as we keep all of the versions anyway. It certainly is annoying the way it is now and is disruptive to the development process rather than helpful for it.

Re: [IETF] Re: Internet Draft Final Submission Cut-Off Today

2013-02-26 Thread Roberto Peon
For that to help, one must also assert that the people who would read the changes two weeks before the meeting wouldn't read the changes the night before the meeting, and that they'll remember whatever it is they need to remember to be a useful active participant. -=R On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at

Re: [IETF] Re: Internet Draft Final Submission Cut-Off Today

2013-02-26 Thread Nick Hilliard
On 26/02/2013 22:59, Warren Kumari wrote: Another way to look at it is that a deadline, any deadline, helps stop folk procrastinating and actually *submit*. +1 lots of people - including me - are almost entirely event driven (no pun intended). Nick