Re: [arch-d] Proposed IAB program: Evolvability, Deployability, & Maintainability.

[S Moonesamy <[e-mail]>]

Hi Tommy,
At 12:01 PM 06-07-2020, Tommy Pauly wrote:
>The IAB is considering starting a new program that would look at the 
>Evolvability, Deployability, and Maintainability of Internet 
>protocols. The description of the program is included at the bottom 
>of this email.
>
>We'd like to get feedback on the proposed program topic and 
>description. We'll be considering this over the next few weeks, and 
>your thoughts and input are welcome!

One of the roles of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) is to 
"provide oversight of the architecture for the protocols and 
procedures used by the Internet".  It is not a good idea, in my 
opinion, to stray too far from that role by, for example, replicating 
the role of the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) or being 
involved in matters which are not under its (RFC) policy authority.

I doubt that it is possible to make "running code" part of the 
working group process unless "running code" is interpreted as 
implementing a specification as software-in-the-lab.

In 2017, the IAB issued a response to FCC-17-89.  It stated that "The 
IETF TRANS working group is nearing completion of work on a revision 
to Certificate Transparency".  The work is still incomplete.

Is setting up a program to tackle a people problem is not a good 
recipe for success?  I suggest giving some thought to that.

Regards,
S. Moonesamy