Re: [Errata-design] sanity notwithstanding...

Pete has stated my position very well indeed.

Barry

On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 12:05 PM, Pete Resnick
<presnick@qti.qualcomm.com> wrote:
> On 12/23/14 1:04 PM, Stephen Farrell wrote:
>>
>> The part I want to go away is that each posted erratum consumes
>> effort for folks other than the poster. (Incl. me:-)
>
>
> A slight addendum to this, with which Stephen may agree or disagree:
>
> I don't want errata to consume time and effort for folks other than those
> who want to spend time and effort on it (including the poster).
>
> That is:
>
> - I don't care about pure typographical errors. I'm pretty sure Stephen
> doesn't either. But maybe Heather does and wants to exert effort on them.
> Maybe she wants to verify them and post official ones of which she approves.
> Peachy. I don't care to know.
>
> - I like suggestions for changes to specs. They should be tracked, posted
> publicly, and discussed by those who are interested in that spec. But they
> shouldn't have to be marked as "Formally Approved By The Powers That Be",
> and I shouldn't need to spend my time looking at them unless I'm interested
> too.
>
> - If there's an overt error in a spec that causes implementation and/or
> interoperability problems, *and it's non-obvious*, those should be called
> out with red flags and fanfare in some well-known place that people know to
> go to for such important information, and someone in a position of
> responsibility should mark it as such.
>
> My sense is that part of the problem is that we've got once system to deal
> with the above, so we all end up spending time and effort on all three of
> the above. That's not good. The IESG (or chairs or whoever) *should* be
> stuck with spending time or effort on the third, but not on the first two.
> Maybe the RFC Editor should spend time or effort on the first, but the
> getting the IESG involved is highly silly. If we dealt with these things
> separately, I think overall happiness would be increased substantially.
>
> pr
>
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