Re: [core] Lars Eggert's Discuss on draft-ietf-core-new-block-11: (with DISCUSS and COMMENT)

Lars Eggert <lars@eggert.org> Wed, 05 May 2021 10:05 UTC

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Subject: Re: [core] Lars Eggert's Discuss on draft-ietf-core-new-block-11: (with DISCUSS and COMMENT)
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Hi Med,

On 2021-5-5, at 12:02, mohamed.boucadair@orange.com wrote:
> 
> [Med] It is true that DOTS was designed with compact messages in mind, but handling large data was **already** covered in the DOTS spec (see Section 4.4.2 of RFC8782). We then found that the normal block-wise mechanism is suboptimal for the DOTS application.
> 
> and this
>> document extends CORE to enable this functionality. However, this
>> CORE extension seems to solely focus on Internet deployment
>> scenarios, essentially attempting to re-architect COAP into a general
>> Internet transport protocol for transmission over paths with high
>> loss rates. I do not believe that the CORE WG is chartered to do
>> this.
>> 
> 
> [Med] This work is part of the maintenance of RFC7959 that is covered by the core WG charter:
> 
> ==
> The working group will perform maintenance on its first four
> standards-track specifications:
> ==

those four specifications are RFC 6690, RFC 7252, RFC 7641 and draft-ietf-core-block (= RFC7959).

In my understanding, draft-ietf-core-new-block is a separate COAP extension, not a maintenance effort related to RFC7959. The abstract even says that the new mechanisms are similar to, but not a replacement for, RFC 7959. If it were maintenance, draft-ietf-core-new-block would replace or at the very least update some parts of RFC7959.

> As you can read in https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/minutes-interim-2020-core-06-202006101600/, the WG decided to:
> "scope it as an extension (as opposed to blockwise-bis)".

I think this decision is exactly were the WG went beyond its charter.

> The plan is to use this extension as the base for a bis when the WG will be ready to cover other aspects that are left out of scope for this extension. See, e.g., https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/minutes-110-core-202103121300/: "it can be seminal material for a blockwise bis document".

Until that plan has consensus and is chartered, draft-ietf-core-new-block IMOR remains a COAP extensions that is out-of-charter.

> I let the AD and the chairs further elaborate on the charter point.

I'm sure we'll discuss this on the call tomorrow.

Thanks,
Lars