[DNSOP] Alvaro Retana's Discuss on draft-ietf-dnsop-5966bis-05: (with DISCUSS)

["Alvaro Retana" <[e-mail]>]

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DISCUSS:
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I don’t have concerns over the technical content of this document, but I
do have want to raise a process-related DISCUSS.

The Intended RFC Status of this document is “Internet Standard”, which
seems like a logical progression from RFC5966 (Proposed Standard). 
However, I am concerned that the proper process was not followed:

1. RFC6410 calls for “an IETF-wide Last Call of at least four weeks”, but
the LS started on Nov/23 and ended on Dec/7, 2 weeks.

2. In looking at the archives I couldn’t find any discussion about
changing the maturity level.

3. It also concerns me that the changes go beyond a simple revision of
the old text.  For example, there are recommendations that are completely
new and for topics that were not even mentioned in the original (e.g.
pipelining).


I may have missed the discussions in the archive.  Not being a DNS expert
I may also be overestimating the changes to this document. But knowing
that the “document was actively discussed and reviewed” and that it “had
a broad discussion as the wording of several points were more accurately
described” (from the Shepherd’s write up), I think that this document may
not be ready to be an Internet Standard.

The obvious solution to this DISCUSS is to change the intended status to
Proposed Standard.