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

["Heather Flanagan (RFC Series Editor)" <[e-mail]>]

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On 12/19/14 1:43 PM, Stephen Farrell wrote:
> 
> For the record:
>
> - additional participants: someone who's familiar with how some WGs
> are using github for drafts and issue tracking. I believe any of
> mnot, ekr and martin thomson would all be fine.

Good idea.

> 
> - as for goals: I'd suggest as goal#1 we figure out the answer to
> this question: "can we put in place something better that is
> good-enough but not perfect by just installing some currently
> available free/open s/w?"

Of course, that means we need to understand what "good enough" actually is.

> 
> - I would suggest that establishing unique requirements that are 99%
> sure to cause someone to have to write new bespoke code is an
> anti-goal
>

I can agree with that.  I'd rather not have yet another massive code
writing/re-writing project on anyone's plate.

> I'd suggest getting rid of the entire concept of errata and just
> allowing anyone to comment on RFCs but with a way for the RFC editor
> or stream controllers to mark some comments as important. (Someone
> would need to handle comment spam of course.) Such systems exist, we
> should just use them.

I have a knee-jerk reaction against this one; errata are really
important and are a common thing to look for in technical publications. 
Doing away with them such that people have to hunt through a list of
comments seems less than idea.  However, you probably have a more
detailed set of reasons in your head on why this would be a good thing. 
I suggest holding off discussing this until January, when I should have
the members of the design team all on board.  Then you can make your
case to all of the above, and we'll see if I'm in the rough here.

Thanks,
Heather

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