Re: [ftpext] Review of draft-ietf-ftpext2-hosts-05

[Anthony Bryan <[e-mail]>]

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Alfred HÎnes <[e-mail]> wrote:
> My apologies for not being able to dedicate substantial time
> for over a year, but following the encouragement, I'm happy
> to provide another review of the FTP HOST command document.

I think that has happened to a number of us.

thank you for ANOTHER review :)

> Prologue:
> I have encouraged and helped the predecessor individual draft for
> a long time, and I'm a bit surprised that the draft -- after more
> than 4 years of being technically rather stable and already having
> more than a handful of independent implementations -- still hasn't
> made it to the RFC Editor Queue.  IETF leadership should not be
> surprised if reviewers get tired after such long time periods.

yes, I see this as the main problem of this draft/command - age & tired eyes.
it finished IETF wide Last Call in May 2010, almost 2 years ago.
originally introduced in
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-ftpext-mlst-05 in 98 over 13
years ago.

I am sorry if inclusion in FTPEXT2 slowed things down for HOST, but on
the other hand the draft is stronger. it has just taken a long time :)

so, let's finish HOST off.

PLEASE take the time to look it over.

here are the reviews we need to keep an eye on, & please comment on
THEM if you need to.

Alexey Melnikov's
http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ftpext/current/msg00410.html

(and Paul Ford-Hutchinson's followup
http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ftpext/current/msg00411.html
& John Klensin's
http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ftpext/current/msg00418.html )

Patrik Fältström
http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ftpext/current/msg00412.html

Alfred Hönes
http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ftpext/current/msg00426.html

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