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

2013-01-29 Thread Spencer Dawkins
Just as a follow-up here ... I was John's co-author on RFC 3933 (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3933). When we were working on the draft, the problem I thought we were solving, was that the IESG needs to update the IETF's BCP processes from time to time, but (1) it was like 32 simultaneous

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

2013-01-28 Thread Abdussalam Baryun
I agree with your approach. However, if it should be tested by community and reported successful then why we need to go through 5 years, just publish fast ways, AB Sun, 27 Jan 2013 20:27:17 -0800 If this is an experiment, then you presumably answers to the following questions:

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

2013-01-26 Thread Abdussalam Baryun
I agree with your concerns and may suggest that the tests' results of the running code SHOULD be reported inside a mandatory section of the Fast-Tracked I-D to RFC. AB On 01/26/2013 Martin Rex wrote: Stephen Farrell wrote: On 01/25/2013 09:36 PM, Martin Rex wrote: I don't know about the

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

2013-01-25 Thread Brian E Carpenter
Thomas said: The crux of the issue is that any attempt at fast tracking is fundamentally about short-circuiting some aspect of our review processes. Speaking as a Gen-ART reviewer, I am indeed worried by this aspect. I feel I would have to spend much longer reviewing a draft if I knew it had

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 Eliot Lear
On 1/22/13 10:31 PM, Thomas Narten wrote: a WG can skip WG LC if they think its not needed. ??? When was the last time that happened? Did it require a consensus call to determine? Eliot

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 John C Klensin
--On Friday, January 25, 2013 14:36 +0100 Eliot Lear l...@cisco.com wrote: On 1/22/13 10:31 PM, Thomas Narten wrote: a WG can skip WG LC if they think its not needed. ??? When was the last time that happened? Did it require a consensus call to determine? Chair discretion. It is

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 Eliot Lear
John, On 1/25/13 4:27 PM, John C Klensin wrote: a WG can skip WG LC if they think its not needed. ??? When was the last time that happened? Did it require a consensus call to determine? Chair discretion [... and five of paragraphs of text] None of which answered my above questions. When

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 Stephen Farrell
On 01/25/2013 03:27 PM, John C Klensin wrote: In the context of draft-farrell-ft, the above makes the idea of WG LC in parallel with IETF LC either irrelevant or bad news. If the WG Chair (or AD) concludes that a WG LC is needed, then the procedure should not be invoked. If a WG LC is not

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 John C Klensin
--On Friday, January 25, 2013 16:31 +0100 Eliot Lear l...@cisco.com wrote: John, On 1/25/13 4:27 PM, John C Klensin wrote: a WG can skip WG LC if they think its not needed. ??? When was the last time that happened? Did it require a consensus call to determine? Chair discretion [...

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 John C Klensin
--On Friday, January 25, 2013 15:34 + Stephen Farrell stephen.farr...@cs.tcd.ie wrote: ... All of this points out one of my main concerns. Almost as a side-effect, the proposal formalizes a number of informal procedures and mechanisms work pretty well most of the time but, because they

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 Stephen Farrell
Hiya, On 01/25/2013 04:37 PM, John C Klensin wrote: If I correctly understand the above, it lies at the root of the problem I was trying to describe. This is really an experiment if the effect of deciding we didn't want to make it permanent was that we were at status quo ante, i.e., as if

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 Martin Rex
Eliot Lear wrote: On 1/25/13 4:27 PM, John C Klensin wrote: a WG can skip WG LC if they think its not needed. When was the last time that happened? Did it require a consensus call to determine? Chair discretion [... and five of paragraphs of text] None of which answered my above

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 Stephen Farrell
Hi Martin, On 01/25/2013 09:36 PM, Martin Rex wrote: I don't know about the last time it happened, but I know about one time in Nov-2009 in the TLS WG (now rfc5746). I recall that and agree with the sequence of events you describe, but I'm not sure that that situation is relevant when

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 Martin Rex
Stephen Farrell wrote: On 01/25/2013 09:36 PM, Martin Rex wrote: I don't know about the last time it happened, but I know about one time in Nov-2009 in the TLS WG (now rfc5746). I recall that and agree with the sequence of events you describe, but I'm not sure that that situation is

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

2013-01-24 Thread John C Klensin
--On Tuesday, January 22, 2013 16:31 -0500 Thomas Narten nar...@us.ibm.com wrote: FWIW, I share Joe's concerns. And Stephen's responses don't really change my mind. This document seems to have a bit of missing the forest for the trees. In the overall scheme of things, I don't believe the

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

2013-01-23 Thread Thomas Narten
I do not really have time or desire to enter an extended discussion on this document. It's pretty clear to me we just disagree. But I did want to be on record as not supporting this document so that silence wouldn't be taken as agreement or support. A few specific followups below. This

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

2013-01-22 Thread Joe Touch
Hi, all, On 1/11/2013 8:21 AM, Adrian Farrel wrote: 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

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

2013-01-22 Thread Stephen Farrell
Hi Joe, On 01/22/2013 04:39 PM, Joe Touch wrote: Hi, all, On 1/11/2013 8:21 AM, Adrian Farrel wrote: 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.

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

2013-01-22 Thread Joe Touch
On 1/22/2013 9:00 AM, Stephen Farrell wrote: Hi Joe, On 01/22/2013 04:39 PM, Joe Touch wrote: ... This is a silly idea. So you're in two minds about it eh:-) First, running code should already be considered as part of the context of review. Second, running code is not correlated to

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

2013-01-22 Thread Stephen Farrell
On 01/22/2013 05:14 PM, Joe Touch wrote: On 1/22/2013 9:00 AM, Stephen Farrell wrote: Hi Joe, On 01/22/2013 04:39 PM, Joe Touch wrote: ... This is a silly idea. So you're in two minds about it eh:-) First, running code should already be considered as part of the context of

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

2013-01-22 Thread John Leslie
Joe Touch to...@isi.edu wrote: On 1/11/2013 8:21 AM, Adrian Farrel wrote: The proposed experiment calls on the IETF Secretariat to take specific actions under certain circumstances in corner cases of the experiment. Specifically: ] ] 8. If at any point in the fast-track process the

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

2013-01-22 Thread Thomas Narten
FWIW, I share Joe's concerns. And Stephen's responses don't really change my mind. This document seems to have a bit of missing the forest for the trees. In the overall scheme of things, I don't believe the draft will materially help, and is at best a distraction from dealing with meaningful

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

2013-01-22 Thread Stephen Farrell
Hiya, On 01/22/2013 05:14 PM, Joe Touch wrote: It puts more work on the community at large to review an idea that could have been either rejected or significantly improved in a smaller community before wasting the larger communities time. Actually it occurs to me that there might be

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

2013-01-22 Thread Stephen Farrell
Hi Thomas, On 01/22/2013 09:31 PM, Thomas Narten wrote: FWIW, I share Joe's concerns. And Stephen's responses don't really change my mind. Ah well. I'm willing to keep trying:-) This document seems to have a bit of missing the forest for the trees. In the overall scheme of things, I don't

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

2013-01-22 Thread Stephen Farrell
Hi John, Bits and pieces below... On 01/22/2013 07:04 PM, John Leslie wrote: Joe Touch to...@isi.edu wrote: On 1/11/2013 8:21 AM, Adrian Farrel wrote: The proposed experiment calls on the IETF Secretariat to take specific actions under certain circumstances in corner cases of the

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

2013-01-14 Thread Hector Santos
I have two concerns and comments: - How will success or failure be measured? Number of appeal increases or lesser amount? I have a concern that once this door is open, there will be increase appeals and also apathy of outcomes. There should be a statement of what sort of problems or issues

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

2013-01-14 Thread Stephen Farrell
Hi Hector, On 01/14/2013 05:05 PM, Hector Santos wrote: I have two concerns and comments: - How will success or failure be measured? Number of appeal increases or lesser amount? I have a concern that once this door is open, there will be increase appeals and also apathy of outcomes.

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