Re: [dhcwg] AD review of draft-ietf-dhc-unused-optioncodes-03.txt

At 02:18 PM 7/8/2003 -0400, Thomas Narten wrote:
> > >A more descriptive title might be better? E.g.:
> > >
> > >   Reclaiming Unused DHCP Option Codes for Reassignment for Future DHCP
> > >   Options.
> > >
> > >(or something similar)
>
> > OK.
>
>I note that the revised ID stil has the old title. Did you decide to
>leave it as is?

Nope; I seem to have overlooked changing the title...

> > > > Normative References
> > >
> > >Hmm. Aren't all of the references actually informative? Which ones are
> > >critical to *this* document?
>
>To clarify, to me normative means you have to go look at the reference
>in order to understand the document being discussed. If the document
>is self-contained, it doesn't have to have any normative references.
>
> > I think at least this ref is normative:
>
> >     [1]  Assigned Numbers Editor, IANA., "BOOTP and DHCP Parameters",
> >          http://www.iana.org/assignments/bootp-dhcp-parameters,
> >          February 2003.
>
>I can go either way. One doesn't need to go look at the IANA registry
>to understand this document.

Well, perhaps I've written this doc to be sufficiently self-contained
to avoid normative references.  Guess I was trying to err in the direction
of assuming minimal background in DHCP on the part of the reader...

> > And this ref gives the definition of the PXE options, and should
> > be normative:
>
> >     [4]  Intel Corporation, , "Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)
> >          Specification Version 2.1",
> >          http://www.pix.net/software/pxeboot/archive/pxespec.pdf,
> >          September 1999.
>
>But to understand this document, one doesn't have to go read the PXE
>document.
>
> > This ref is arguably normative as it defines a potential use
> > for two of the options under review:
>
> >     [5]  Volz, B., Droms, R. and T. Lemon, "Extending DHCP Options
> >          Codes", draft-volz-dhc-extended-optioncodes-00.txt (work in
> >          progress), September 2000.
>
>Again, I'd argue not critical to understand this document. Another
>thing to consider. An ID can't be published as an RFC until all the
>normative references are also published. Thus, if the above is
>normative, this document needs to wait for the other to be done. I
>suspect that is not the intent.

"normative references are also published" as an RFC?

>In any case, I've asked that the LC be started.

Thanks...

- Ralph

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