Re: Status of this memo

"Joel M. Halpern" <jmh@joelhalpern.com> Tue, 27 April 2021 22:30 UTC

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Subject: Re: Status of this memo
To: Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com>, Donald Eastlake <d3e3e3@gmail.com>, "Andrew G. Malis" <agmalis@gmail.com>
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From: "Joel M. Halpern" <jmh@joelhalpern.com>
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I have found repeatedly that
1) having explicit control moved to the WG for a document is very useful 
for a WG working on the document
2) That being explicit about that change is very helpful for keeping 
everyone on the same page.

Net: I agree with Donald.

Yours,
Joel

On 4/27/2021 3:03 PM, Keith Moore wrote:
> On 4/27/21 2:55 PM, Donald Eastlake wrote:
> 
>> I agree with Andy below but just to be clear, WG draft has a formal
>> standing as a starting point for work -- they are a draft over which
>> the WG has taken control.
> 
> emphatically disagree, and I believe that's a particularly harmful 
> concept to promote.
> 
> Keith
> 
>