Re: [Ietf-and-github] New draft, and proposal for BoF at IETF 103

[Martin Thomson <[e-mail]>]

On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 11:12 AM Alissa Cooper <[e-mail]> wrote:
> > no offense, but there isn't really anything non-obvious in draft-cooper-wugh-github-wg-configuration. IMO draft-thomson-github-bcp-00 is quite a bit more practically useful. Is that also in scope for discussion?
>
> I think it certainly could be, especially if people think the outcome would be different from the last BoF discussion of it.

FWIW, I'm happy to work with Alissa and Paul (or anyone else) to get
that doc in better shape if people believe that to be the right
answer.  I have a -01 that includes a bunch of feedback already, but I
didn't get around to pushing it.

When I talked to Alissa about this draft, I got the impression that
the idea was to go for something less comprehensive, which would be
more incremental in nature.  In terms of steps, these are good steps,
but I take Lars' point here: as a community, we're already well past
those baby steps and we might want to codify some more of the process.

I'm happy to join a discussion in Bangkok about this.  I think that
we've only really talked about the benefits/processes a few times in
the past.  If the intent here is to make the processes more concrete
and to gain some amount of official support for those processes, that
is worth discussing.

(BTW, I'm having similar discussions about congealing work practices
in my day job.  Supporting diverse work practices can be expensive,
and there is always some tension between wanting to find more
efficiency through supporting fewer options and supporting the highly
efficient and specialized practices that individuals or groups might
have developed over time.  It's a fun discussion.)