Re: draft-housley-iesg-rfc3932bis and the optional/mandatory nature of IESG notes

Jari Arkko <jari.arkko@piuha.net> Tue, 01 September 2009 07:43 UTC

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Subject: Re: draft-housley-iesg-rfc3932bis and the optional/mandatory nature of IESG notes
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Adam,

> So, to be clear, the question you have raised has to do with the 
> difference between:
>
>    "The IESG may choose to add an IESG note to an Independent
>    Submission..."
>
>
> and:
>
>    "The IESG may choose to request the addition of an IESG note to an
>    Independent Submission..."
>
>
>
> Right?

Yes.

> This has nothing to do with the text:
>
>    "In exceptional cases, when the relationship of the document to the
>    IETF standards process might be unclear..." ?

Right. The exceptional vs. always-on question is another issue.

Jari