Re: [Gendispatch] Possible topic: WG adoption of drafts

[Fernando Gont <[e-mail]>]

Hi, Brian,

[Apologies for breaking the "threading" feature, since I just subscribed
to the list, and hence I'm not using the "Reply" feature of my email 
client, but rather composing a new message]

In-line....
> 
> While looking into something recently, I noticed that we don't seem
> to have any documented process for document adoption by WGs, or even
> general guidelines, although the tracker and the I-D submission
> mechanism support this change of state. It isn't described in RFC2418
> or in the Tao, or anywhere else that I could find. Yet it's become
> quite important in the life of most WGs, and the decision to adopt a
> draft is of considerable importance.
> 
> Is this a topic that deserves some work? (No, I haven't written a
> draft, and don't want to unless there is interest.)

Yes. It is indeed very important, and it does deserve work. I would 
encourage work on the topic.

Questions such a document should address include:

1) What are the conditions, if any, necessary for a wg call for adoption 
to be performed on a document?

2) If/when those conditions are met, what are reasonable timeframe 
expectations for the consensus call to be performed?

3) The previous two bullets would also imply that if the conditions in 
#1 have been met, and the time in #2 has elapsed, failure to perform a 
consensus call should be considered an action (by omission) subject to 
the procedures in RFC2026.

You can count on me for reviewing a draft (if eventually there's any), 
or proposing text if that'd be of value.

Thanks!

Cheers,
-- 
Fernando Gont
SI6 Networks
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