Re: [Acme] Proposed ACME Charter Language

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.

best, Joe

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