Re: [Gendispatch] Diversity and Inclusiveness in the IETF

[Fernando Gont <[e-mail]>]

Hi, Rich,

On 25/2/21 20:49, Salz, Rich wrote:
>> When you're changing the way of contributing, you're not
>> universally
> "reducing the barrier". -- certainly not for somebody that does't do
> git.
> 
> The IETF has not changed the way people contribute.  Drafts are still
> posted to the datatracker, mailing lists still exist for feedback and
> comment (and must be used for confirming consensus, etc).  Just
> because there are more paths into the datatracker now.  I mean,
> probably around 1985-1995 we all just FTP'd the documents we wanted
> to read.  Is anyone going to argue that it's not easier now?

Based on some comments it seems that in some cases a significant 
fraction of the discussion moved to github. Hence my question.
In such a case, participants are kind of required to participate in github.

I didn't participate much (if at all) in the recommendations regarding 
the use of github in the ietf. And my assumtion was that for the most 
part it was more of a "use it if deemed useful", but was assuming the 
discussions that would lead to changes to remain in the mailing-lists.


> 
>> Point taken. So... mailing list are seen as a problematic mechanism
>> to
> carry our work?
> 
> For some people I think the answer is yes.  It seems that overall use
> of email is declining, but it's hard to get real numbers without
> getting tangled up in email marketing newsletter business.  But I
> feel like you keep trying to have me make blanket assertions and I
> don't want to do that.

No, no. It was a honest question. Me I wasn't aware about some of the 
assumptions that were mentioned in the thread... hence my questions.

Thanks,
-- 
Fernando Gont
SI6 Networks
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