Re: [arch-d] I-D Action: draft-iab-protocol-maintenance-04.txt

Joe Touch <touch@strayalpha.com> Tue, 05 November 2019 01:24 UTC

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> On Nov 4, 2019, at 5:13 PM, Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for the updates, but I still have concerns about this draft.
> 
>> Abstract
> ....
>>   For a protocol
>>   that is actively maintained, the robustness principle can, and
>>   should, be avoided.
> 
> To be blunt, I don't think there is community consensus for this
> statement. Now the IAB can of course express an opinion, but for
> something as contentious as this, I think it needs to be labelled
> as an opinion statement, especially in the Abstract which tends
> to bias the reader's mindset. Or a more neutral phrasing could
> be used; for example:
> 
> For a protocol that is actively maintained, the impact of
> applying the robustness principle should be carefully considered.

FWIW, even that should have the “in the IAB’s opinion’ as a preface.

However, if that’s not a requirement for ALL such docs out of the IAB, then it should be. These aren’t consensus documents.

Joe