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Re: Thought experiment [Re: Quality of Directorate reviews]

Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com> Thu, 07 November 2019 01:49 UTC

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To: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Thought experiment [Re: Quality of Directorate reviews]
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On Thu, Nov 07, 2019 at 11:54:59AM +1300, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
> Here's a thought experiment.
> 
> Update the standards process such that the approval of Proposed Standard
> RFCs, after an IETF last call including some specified cross-area review
> requirements, is done by the WG consensus process with the consent of the AD .
> 
> Why would that work? Because it now incents the WG chairs by making them,
> in effect, where the buck stops. So the WG chairs and AD (typically
> a committee of three) will feel the obligation to get everything
> right. And it scales.

So, no more IESG review?  What would we need the IESG for anymore?  It
would be gone, I guess?

Sure, it will scale better.  But quality will suffer.

> [...]. So the WG chairs and AD (typically a committee of three) [...]

Typically one of the ADs is uninvolved with a WG for which the other is
responsible, so that would be a committee of two, not three.

Nico
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