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

[Alexey Melnikov <[e-mail]>]

Hi Keith,

On 23/07/2020 05:14, Keith Moore wrote:
> 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,
Yes.
> 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 think you are basically making the same comment as John.

> (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. 
Yes, we will have a change to discuss this when discussing the proposed 
charter.
> 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.

Agreed.

Best Regards,

Alexey