Re: draft-housley-two-maturity-levels

[David Kessens <[e-mail]>]

Ned,

On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 08:53:57AM -0700, [e-mail] wrote:
> 
> > I support advancing this document to BCP and making
> > these process changes.    The changes will simplify
> > advancement of standards-track documents and be a
> > good step in the right direction.
> 
> Exactly. While I don't see how this document will fix several the high bar at
> PS or the lack of advancement incentives, failure to fix those things doesn't
> change the fact three level is one level too many. Simplifying things and
> eliminating process clutter is helpful in and of itself.
> 
> I also believe that some of this process clutter acts as a sort of attractive
> nuisance, allowing us to spend time turning the various knobs and pressing
> the assorted buttons created by the clutter instead of having to address
> issues directly.

Thanks for stating this so clearly. I also support the publication of
draft-housley-two-maturity-levels-02.txt as a BCP. From an operational
perspective, I believe it will be to the benefit of the IETF to bring the
written procedures more closely aligned with reality. In addition, the
simplification of the rules and procedures has its own benefits that should
not be understated.

David Kessens
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