Re: [apps-discuss] Multipart/report, draft-kucherawy-rfc3462bis-01.txt

Dave CROCKER <dhc@dcrocker.net> Thu, 28 July 2011 18:22 UTC

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Subject: Re: [apps-discuss] Multipart/report, draft-kucherawy-rfc3462bis-01.txt
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On 7/28/2011 2:10 PM, Ned Freed wrote:
>> ...and RFC3464 is showing updated by two other documents.  I imagine we'd
>> have to sort out how to resolve all of that, so maybe this is a more
>> heavyweight change than I'd hoped.
>
> I have to ask: So what? So let's say we have to do a 3462bis that resets
> things to proposed.
>
> Why is this a big deal? We do it, six months later we advance the
> specification back to draft - this should be easy since we only need
> to review the consequences, if any, of the change we're making.


The transaction cost of having an additional process through the IETF/IESG is 
never trivial.

I know you know this; I don't know why you think it's a small deal.

d/
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   Dave Crocker
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