Re: [Acme] Proposed ACME Charter Language

On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 2:16 PM, Joseph Lorenzo Hall <joe@cdt.org> wrote:

> On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 12:57 PM, Peter Eckersley <pde@eff.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 11:39:36PM +0000, Salz, Rich wrote:
> >> > https://github.com/letsencrypt/acme-spec/issues
> >>
> >> I'd prefer if we just recorded issues there, but discussed them in the
> mailing list.
> >
> > Folks should also be aware that because letsencypt needs to move fast to
> > get working and interoperable clients and servers for its launch,
> > there's a fair chance that it will wind up with a deployed solution that
> > diverges from the draft spec in various ways, and can't block on an IETF
> > WG's deliberations.
> >
> > For that reason I think it's probably best if the WG and spec work
> > doesn't start in earnest until after Let's Encrypt has launched (IIRC
> > that was the consensus in Dallas, too).  And in the pre-launch period, a
> > bug tracker is the most efficient and practical way for us to keep track
> > of things that we absolutely need to fix/diverge from the draft spec on.
>
> Heya, this reads as if the IETF WG work should block on the
> letsencrypt launch and it seemed pretty clear in Dallas that while
> letsencrypt is a motivating effort to spin up ACME that neither should
> in the short-term be very eeply dependent on each other. (and this is
> coming from someone who is very excited about both efforts)
>
> Happy to be corrected if this was a misinterpretation or a mistake on my
> part.
>

Nope, this matches my understanding.  The two efforts can proceed
independently, and we'll try to square them up in good time.

--Ricahrd

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