Re: [Gendispatch] First comments on draft-rsalz-2028bis-00.txt

Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Wed, 08 September 2021 20:59 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Gendispatch] First comments on draft-rsalz-2028bis-00.txt
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On 09-Sep-21 08:42, Rob Sayre wrote:
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> By writing it all down, Rich seems to have shown that some of these relationships are absurdly complex. I'm not saying that was the intent. Sometimes these things only become evident after you try to document them.

They are complex as a result of history, but trying to straighten out a plate of spaghetti is generally held to be impossible. We have a plate of our own spaghetti to sort out first: https://www.ietf.org/standards/process/informal/

   Brian