Re: Running code, take 2

[Loa Andersson <[e-mail]>]

Folks,

I agree that understanding the implementation status of a draft
sometimes is essential, but not for all drafts and not always.
Today wg chairs do this type of info collection at the shepherd
write-up.

Have anyone thought about how much work goes into compiling this type
of information. There are vendors that by policy decided not to disclose
implementation information, before the implementation is done and the
document has become an RFC.

Most of the time it is possible to to get some understanding, with a
promise not to make the info public and only use it for a rather
cryptic statement in the shepherd write-up - "we know of existing or
intended implementations of this draft".

A second, rather new problem, is that for some drafts the IANA
assignment is the singular most important part of the ID. We have heard
vendors say "We'll wait for the IANA assignment until we implement!"

/Loa


On 2012-12-13 16:10, Adrian Farrel wrote:
> How about...
>
> Start with Yaron's proposal to include in the I-D. This is easy as a starting
> point. Duplicate documentation in wiki may be useful and provide a place to
> track text for inclusion in the next revision.
>
> When/if inclusion in the I-D gets messy, replace text in I-D with pointer to
> wiki.
>
> When/if experiment looks like a success, replace all above with data tracker
> tool and allow it to persist for RFCs.
>
> Adrian
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Marc Blanchet [mailto:[e-mail]]
>> Sent: 13 December 2012 15:05
>> To: Yaron Sheffer
>> Cc: [e-mail]; [e-mail]; 'Alessandro Vesely'
>> Subject: Re: Running code, take 2
>>
>>
>> Le 2012-12-13 à 10:00, Yaron Sheffer a écrit :
>>
>>> Hi Marc,
>>>
>>> I think it's critical that a person reading a draft (e.g. going to
>> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-blanchet-iab-internetoverport443-01) will
> have a
>> direct way to check out on the implementation status.
>>>
>>> This is trivial if it's a section in the document. It's simple if it's
> linked from the
>> Tools page. Otherwise, e.g. if you put it on the wiki, only IETF insiders will
> be
>> aware of it.
>>>
>>
>> sure. Let me restart:
>> - I like Adrian proposal: instead of in RFC, put it online within our site
>> - but you wrote: requires implementation effort.
>> - I replied: well, phase 1 (of put it online within our site) can be done with
> almost
>> zero implementation effort. phase 2 requires some work (I'd say not that big)
> for
>> implementation/tools.
>>
>> Regards, Marc.
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> 	Yaron
>>>
>>> On 12/13/2012 04:55 PM, Marc Blanchet wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Le 2012-12-13 à 09:52, Yaron Sheffer a écrit :
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Adrian,
>>>>>
>>>>> I would suggest to start with my proposal, because it requires zero
>> implementation effort.
>>>>
>>>> disagree. phase 1: use IETF wiki. phase 2: develop an widget within data
>> tracker.
>>>>
>>>> Marc.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> If this catches on, I see a lot of value in your proposal.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please also note that the "implementation status" section (according to my
>> proposal) is not "frozen" when published as an RFC, rather it is deleted. RFCs
> are
>> forever, and I think a point-in-time implementation status is not appropriate
> in an
>> RFC.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> 	Yaron
>>>>>
>>>>> On 12/13/2012 04:16 PM, Adrian Farrel wrote:
>>>>>> I'm interested in this idea.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> However, I note that an "implementation status" section of a document is
>> frozen
>>>>>> in time when a document goes to RFC.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I wonder whether we could leverage our tools and do something similar to
>> IPR
>>>>>> disclosures. That is, provide a semi-formal web page where implementation
>>>>>> details could be recorded and updated. These would then be searchable
>> and linked
>>>>>> to from the tools page for the I-D / RFC.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> They could record the document version that has been implemented, and
>> also allow
>>>>>> space for other notes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Adrian (Just thinking aloud)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of
>>>>>>> Alessandro Vesely
>>>>>>> Sent: 13 December 2012 13:58
>>>>>>> To: [e-mail]
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: Running code, take 2
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed 12/Dec/2012 20:31:04 +0100 Yaron Sheffer wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have just published a draft that proposes an alternative to
>>>>>>>> Stephen's "fast track". My proposal simply allows authors to document,
>>>>>>>> in a semi-standard way, whatever implementations exist for their
>>>>>>>> protocol, as well as their interoperability.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-sheffer-running-code-00.txt
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [...]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am looking forward to comments and discussion on this list.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As an occasional I-D reader, I'd appreciate "Implementation Status"
>>>>>>> sections, including IPR info.  I don't think anything forbids to add
>>>>>>> such sections, if the authors wish.  I'd add a count of the number of
>>>>>>> I-Ds that actually have it among the experiment's success criteria.
>>>>>>
>>>>
>

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