Re: [hybi] requirements editor.

SM <sm@resistor.net> Tue, 18 May 2010 06:29 UTC

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Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 23:23:02 -0700
To: Greg Wilkins <gregw@webtide.com>
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Subject: Re: [hybi] requirements editor.
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Hi Greg,
At 03:31 17-05-10, Greg Wilkins wrote:
>I appear to be out of step with the majority of voices
>on this list.
>
>When I was asked to be the editor, I responded that
>I would be seen as too partisan to facilitate
>reaching consensus.    But I was urged to give it
>a try anyway.

It's not a matter of being out of step with the majority of 
voices.  There is a lack of interest in producing a requirements 
document.  Combined with the discussions about items that are not 
part of the working group current deliverables, it becomes a recipe 
for failure.

>But my attempts to make some progress on the requirements
>have invariably been cast in the light of the ongoing
>debate about the details of the protocol.
>I don't see any evidence that my efforts are helping
>us move forwards at all, nor that there is any actual
>interest in having a meaningful requirements document.

Given the current trend, it is doubtful that the requirements 
document would be meaningful.  As the Working Group has to produce 
such a document anyway, it could turn into documenting the 
requirements after the fact.

>I thus resign as editor of the requirements document
>and urge some neutral voice to step forward to take
>the role.

I don't think that it would be much of a difference as it is a few 
months too late to fix the problem (see 
http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/hybi/current/msg02005.html ).

Regards,
-sm

[hybi] requirements editor. Greg Wilkins
Re: [hybi] requirements editor. SM