Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-18 Thread Olaf Kolkman
On 18 sep. 2013, at 01:54, John C Klensin john-i...@jck.com wrote: Pete, I generally agree with your changes and consider them important -- the IESG should be seen in our procedural documents as evaluating and reflecting the consensus of the IETF, not acting independently of it.

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-18 Thread Scott O Bradner
John covered why I said that Pete's assertion is factually incorrect that said, I agree that being accurate here (that the IESG is the final decider and the body that changed the review from what was described in RFC 2026) may be counter productive when the document is reviewed outside of

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-18 Thread John C Klensin
--On Wednesday, September 18, 2013 10:59 +0200 Olaf Kolkman o...@nlnetlabs.nl wrote: However, because the document will be read externally, I prefer that it be IETF in all of the places you identify. If we have to hold our noses and claim that the community authorized the IESG actions by

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-18 Thread Pete Resnick
On 9/18/13 7:19 AM, John C Klensin wrote: In full context: In fact, the IETF review is more extensive than that done in other SDOs owing to the cross-area technical review performed by the IETF,exemplified by technical review by the full IESG at last stage of specification

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-18 Thread Jari Arkko
Olaf, John, Pete, I know I have more mail to process and that you've already converged. I just wanted to say something about this: draft Proposed rewrite While commonly less mature specifications will be published as Informational or Experimental RFCs, the IETF may, in exceptional cases,

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-17 Thread Olaf Kolkman
Based on the conversation below I converged to: t While less mature specifications will usually be published as Informational or Experimental RFCs, the IETF may, in exceptional cases, publish a specification that still contains areas for improvement or certain

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-17 Thread Olaf Kolkman
On 16 sep. 2013, at 17:31, John C Klensin john-i...@jck.com wrote: As actionable for this draft I take that I explicitly mention that Section 4.1 2026 is exclusively updated. While I understand your desire to keep this short, the pragmatic reality is that your non-IETF audience is likely

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-17 Thread Dave Cridland
On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Olaf Kolkman o...@nlnetlabs.nl wrote: Based on the conversation below I converged to: t While less mature specifications will usually be published as Informational or Experimental RFCs, the IETF may, in exceptional cases, publish a

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-17 Thread Alexey Melnikov
On 17/09/2013 11:32, Dave Cridland wrote: On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Olaf Kolkman o...@nlnetlabs.nl mailto:o...@nlnetlabs.nl wrote: Based on the conversation below I converged to: t While less mature specifications will usually be published as

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-17 Thread Scott Brim
On Sep 17, 2013 6:33 AM, Dave Cridland d...@cridland.net wrote: On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Olaf Kolkman o...@nlnetlabs.nl wrote: Based on the conversation below I converged to: t While less mature specifications will usually be published as Informational or

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-17 Thread John C Klensin
--On Tuesday, September 17, 2013 11:47 +0200 Olaf Kolkman o...@nlnetlabs.nl wrote: Based on the conversation below I converged to: t While less mature specifications will usually be published as Informational or Experimental RFCs, the IETF may, in exceptional

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-17 Thread John C Klensin
--On Tuesday, September 17, 2013 11:32 +0100 Dave Cridland d...@cridland.net wrote: I read John's message as being against the use of the phrase in exceptional cases. I would also like to avoid that; it suggests that some exceptional argument may have to be made, and has the implication

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-17 Thread Olaf Kolkman
FYI. I just posted the third version of the draft at: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-kolkman-proposed-standards-clarified-02 Diff with the previous document: http://tools.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-kolkman-proposed-standards-clarified-02.txt I will let Jari know that I believe we converged

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-17 Thread Pete Resnick
On 9/17/13 11:27 AM, Olaf Kolkman wrote: I just posted the third version of the draft at: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-kolkman-proposed-standards-clarified-02 I would like to change IESG to IETF in five places: Section 1: the IESG has evolved its review processes Section 2: IESG

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-17 Thread Scott O. Bradner
1/ I believe that change would be factually incorrect 2/ I do not see that being factually correct about what happened says anything about the community opinion about any future IESG decision to change processes. Scott On Sep 17, 2013, at 6:48 PM, Pete Resnick presn...@qti.qualcomm.com

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-17 Thread Pete Resnick
On 9/17/13 5:52 PM, Scott O. Bradner wrote: On Sep 17, 2013, at 6:48 PM, Pete Resnickpresn...@qti.qualcomm.com wrote: I would like to change IESG to IETF in five places: Section 1: the IESG has evolved its review processes Section 2: IESG Reveiew of Proposed Standards the IESG

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-17 Thread John C Klensin
Pete, I generally agree with your changes and consider them important -- the IESG should be seen in our procedural documents as evaluating and reflecting the consensus of the IETF, not acting independently of it. Of the various places in the document in which IESG now appears, only one of them

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-16 Thread Olaf Kolkman
On 13 sep. 2013, at 21:02, Adrian Farrel adr...@olddog.co.uk wrote: Hey Olaf, Thanks for stubbornly pushing on with this. Comments (sorry I haven't read the thread to see if others have already made these comments)… This is to acknowledge I took the suggestions that I am not quoting.

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-16 Thread Olaf Kolkman
[Barry added explicitly to the CC as this speaks to 'his' issue] On 13 sep. 2013, at 20:57, John C Klensin klen...@jck.com wrote: [… skip …] * Added the Further Consideration section based on discussion on themailinglist. Unfortunately, IMO, it is misleading to the extent that you

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-16 Thread Barry Leiba
Yeah it is a thin line. But the language was introduced to keep a current practice possible (as argued by Barry I believe). Yes, that was my concern. I see where you are going. draft Proposed rewrite While commonly less mature specifications will be published as Informational or

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-16 Thread John C Klensin
--On Monday, September 16, 2013 15:58 +0200 Olaf Kolkman o...@nlnetlabs.nl wrote: [Barry added explicitly to the CC as this speaks to 'his' issue] On 13 sep. 2013, at 20:57, John C Klensin klen...@jck.com wrote: [… skip …] * Added the Further Consideration section based on

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-16 Thread John C Klensin
--On Monday, September 16, 2013 10:43 -0400 Barry Leiba barryle...@computer.org wrote: ... I agree that we're normally requiring much more of PS documents than we used to, and that it's good that we document that and let external organizations know. At the same time, we are sometimes

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-13 Thread Olaf Kolkman
Colleagues [I have added a number of people who were active in the discussion previously to the CC, my apologies if that is bad etiquette but I wanted to make you explicitly aware of this.] Based on the discussion so far I've made a few modifications to the draft. I am trying to

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-13 Thread S Moonesamy
Hi Olaf, At 07:56 13-09-2013, Olaf Kolkman wrote: Based on the discussion so far I've made a few modifications to the draft. I am trying to consciously keep this document to the minimum that is needed to achieve 'less is more' and my feeling is that where we are now is close to the sweetspot

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-13 Thread Barry Leiba
Based on the discussion so far I've made a few modifications to the draft. I am trying to consciously keep this document to the minimum that is needed to achieve 'less is more' and my feeling is that where we are now is close to the sweetspot of consensus. Section 4 makes me happy. I think

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-13 Thread Olaf Kolkman
On 13 sep. 2013, at 19:17, S Moonesamy sm+i...@elandsys.com wrote: The intended status would have to be BCP instead of Informational. Correct…. fixed on trunk. In Section 3.1: A specific action by the IESG is required to move a specification onto the standards track at the

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-13 Thread Scott O Bradner
On Sep 13, 2013, at 2:32 PM, Olaf Kolkman o...@nlnetlabs.nl wrote: On 13 sep. 2013, at 19:17, S Moonesamy sm+i...@elandsys.com wrote: The intended status would have to be BCP instead of Informational. Correct…. fixed on trunk. In Section 3.1: A specific action by the IESG

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-13 Thread Olaf Kolkman
On 13 sep. 2013, at 20:03, Carsten Bormann c...@tzi.org wrote: On Sep 13, 2013, at 16:56, Olaf Kolkman o...@nlnetlabs.nl wrote: * Added the Further Consideration section based on discussion on the mailinglist. I believe the current document is fine for a major part of the IETF

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-13 Thread Carsten Bormann
On Sep 13, 2013, at 16:56, Olaf Kolkman o...@nlnetlabs.nl wrote: * Added the Further Consideration section based on discussion on the mailinglist. I believe the current document is fine for a major part of the IETF standards activities. It is, however, important to keep in mind that the

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-13 Thread Carsten Bormann
On Sep 13, 2013, at 20:50, Olaf Kolkman o...@nlnetlabs.nl wrote: I am trying to see what one gets if one translates the fallacies into positive actions, or answer the question on how do you cope with the fallacy. I notice that your draft observes but doesn't seem to recommend. Indeed, the

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-13 Thread John C Klensin
--On Friday, September 13, 2013 16:56 +0200 Olaf Kolkman o...@nlnetlabs.nl wrote: ... Based on the discussion so far I've made a few modifications to the draft. I am trying to consciously keep this document to the minimum that is needed to achieve 'less is more' and my feeling is that

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-04 Thread Barry Leiba
The only concern I have is that once we do this -- declare that PS is always more mature than that -- we can't go back. Do we *really* want to say that we will never again approve a PS spec that's partially baked? This is painting us into the room where PS is mature and robust. If we like

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-04 Thread Randy Bush
OK, somebody has to say it. Maybe we should have another state, something like draft standard. [ sob alluded to a private message from me which said ] while i really like the idea of pushing well-tested interoperable documents to full standards, i think tested interop is key here. hence i

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-04 Thread Spencer Dawkins
On 9/4/2013 11:14 AM, Scott Brim wrote: On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Barry Leiba barryle...@computer.org wrote: The only concern I have is that once we do this -- declare that PS is always more mature than that -- we can't go back. Do we *really* want to say that we will never again

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-04 Thread Scott Brim
On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Barry Leiba barryle...@computer.org wrote: The only concern I have is that once we do this -- declare that PS is always more mature than that -- we can't go back. Do we *really* want to say that we will never again approve a PS spec that's partially baked?

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-03 Thread Olaf Kolkman
On 2 sep. 2013, at 22:14, John C Klensin john-i...@jck.com wrote: --On Monday, 02 September, 2013 14:09 -0400 Scott O Bradner s...@sobco.com wrote: There is at least one ongoing effort right now that has the potential to reclassify a large set of Proposed Standard RFCs that form the

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-03 Thread Scott Brim
+1. Well said.

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-03 Thread Jari Arkko
Olaf, John, Scott, In fact, going back to the language of RFC2026 for Full (now Internet) Standard. It confirms that popularity (significant implementation) is one necessary but not sufficient criterium. Sorry. I was careless when I wrote about the effort. I didn't mean to suggest that we

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-03 Thread Scott O Bradner
thank you - clarity does help but such an effort will not remove the need for this document imo Scott On Sep 3, 2013, at 9:20 AM, Jari Arkko jari.ar...@piuha.net wrote: Olaf, John, Scott, In fact, going back to the language of RFC2026 for Full (now Internet) Standard. It confirms that

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-03 Thread Ted Lemon
On Sep 3, 2013, at 4:40 PM, Barry Leiba barryle...@computer.org wrote: The only concern I have is that once we do this -- declare that PS is always more mature than that -- we can't go back. Do we *really* want to say that we will never again approve a PS spec that's partially baked? It

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-03 Thread Scott O. Bradner
fwiw - I would love for the IESG to exercise flexibility here but I have not seen that in many years - so I think we are already there without a discernible path back Scott On Sep 3, 2013, at 4:40 PM, Barry Leiba barryle...@computer.org wrote: I mostly agree with this draft, but I have a

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-03 Thread Barry Leiba
I mostly agree with this draft, but I have a concern. Let's anchor that concern off of this bit that Jari said: Secondly, the other obvious action we could take is to go back to the original mode of operation, i.e., making PS RFCs truly early and somewhat untested specifications. I am

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-03 Thread Olaf Kolkman
Barry, Question, in-line. On Sep 3, 2013, at 10:40 PM, Barry Leiba barryle...@computer.org wrote: I mostly agree with this draft, but I have a concern. Let's anchor that concern off of this bit that Jari said: Secondly, the other obvious action we could take is to go back to the

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-02 Thread Jari Arkko
Olaf, Scott, Apologies for a late reply on this (I was on vacation after the IETF). But thank you for writing this draft. My general comment is that the draft makes what in my mind is an accurate correction to our documents, aligning the documents to the current reality. I'd be happy to take

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-02 Thread Scott O Bradner
On Sep 2, 2013, at 10:23 AM, Jari Arkko jari.ar...@piuha.net wrote: Olaf, Scott, Apologies for a late reply on this (I was on vacation after the IETF). But thank you for writing this draft. My general comment is that the draft makes what in my mind is an accurate correction to our

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-02 Thread Brian E Carpenter
Hi Jari, On 03/09/2013 02:23, Jari Arkko wrote: ... At the time of this writing, the IETF operates as if the Proposed Standard was the last chance for the to ensure the quality of the technology and the clarity of the standards document. There's a point that I think should be made here,

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-02 Thread John C Klensin
--On Monday, 02 September, 2013 14:09 -0400 Scott O Bradner s...@sobco.com wrote: There is at least one ongoing effort right now that has the potential to reclassify a large set of Proposed Standard RFCs that form the basis of widely used technology. These types of efforts can have a

Re: PS Characterization Clarified

2013-09-02 Thread Jari Arkko
There's a point that I think should be made here, something like: In practice, interoperable implementations are commonly based on Proposed Standard documents, so whatever design defects those documents have tend to become part of the interoperable network, perhaps in the form of