Re: Should the RFC Editor publish an RFC in less than 2 months?

Henrik Levkowetz <henrik@levkowetz.com> Wed, 05 December 2007 21:37 UTC

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Subject: Re: Should the RFC Editor publish an RFC in less than 2 months?
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On 2007-12-02 10:38 Bob Hinden said the following:
...
>> Based on the past record, we're talking about something that  
>> happens 0.58% of the time, or less.
>>
>> Of course, predicting the future from the past is iffy; there have  
>> been 10 appeals in 2006 and only one (not document related) in  
>> 2007, so "it varies".
> 
> Thanks for looking at the data.
> 
> It seems to me that we shouldn't be delaying all new RFCs for a  
> problem that only occurs .58% of the time.

+1


	Henrik

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