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Re: draft-housley-two-maturity-levels

Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Tue, 06 July 2010 05:17 UTC

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Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:17:11 +1200
From: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: draft-housley-two-maturity-levels
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On 2010-07-06 08:49, SM wrote:
...
> The author of the draft is the current IETF Chair.  I have some
> reservations about the IETF Chair driving such a proposal through the
> process.  Although the IETF Chair is also an IETF participant, it can be
> perceived as problematic when the person writes a non-technical proposal
> that has to be evaluated by the IESG.

It could be, but if the proposal is a matter of common sense and
blindingly obvious simplification, it isn't, IMHO. Let's just do it;
there is no down side. There may be many other issues, as suggested
by John, but this simplification can only help everybody.

   Brian

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