Re: [ietf-smtp] Proposed agenda for EMAILCORE BOF

[Keith Moore <[e-mail]>]

I would like it to be clarified as to whether the purpose of the BOF is 
to bash the charter for the proposed EMAILCORE WG.

If the purpose of the EMAILCORE WG is indeed to bring the current 
message format and SMTP specifications to Full Standard, I further 
propose that any features not in those specifications should be 
out-of-scope for the WG, unless perhaps any new features are (a) already 
at Proposed Standard; (b) widely implemented enough to also be 
considered for Full Standard; and (c) necessary for inclusion in the 
core specifications in order for the complete set of revised 
specifications (core + new features) to qualify for Full Standard.

(I suppose if someone wants to make a case that the core email 
specifications are not suitable for advancement to Full Standard but 
instead should be recycled at Proposed, while the charter is being 
bashed would also be the time to make that argument.)

I would therefore propose that any features that don't meet those 
criteria either be ruled out-of-scope for the BOF, at least deferred 
until the WG charter has been bashed.   Perhaps if there's time 
remaining it would make sense to use that time to discuss features that 
couldn't be taken up by the working group.

What I don't think makes any sense at all, at least given the current 
IETF standards process, is to combine a discussion of adding new 
features, with a discussion of advancement to Full Standard.

Keith