Re: Last Call: <draft-resnick-retire-std1-00.txt> (Retirement of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" Summary Document) to Best Current Practice

Pete Resnick <presnick@qti.qualcomm.com> Wed, 04 September 2013 00:04 UTC

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From: Pete Resnick <presnick@qti.qualcomm.com>
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Subject: Re: Last Call: <draft-resnick-retire-std1-00.txt> (Retirement of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" Summary Document) to Best Current Practice
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On 9/3/13 4:28 PM, SM wrote:
> Hi Pete,
> At 16:02 03-09-2013, Pete Resnick wrote:
>> OK, does this do anything for anyone?
>>
>>    Finally, RFC 2026 [RFC2026] section 6.1.3 also calls for the
>>    publication of an "official summary of standards actions completed
>>    and pending" in the Internet Society's newsletter.  This has also not
>>    been done in recent years, and the "publication of record" for
>>    standards actions has for some time been the minutes of the IESG.
>>    [IESG-MINUTES] Therefore, that paragraph is also effectively removed
>>    from section 6.1.3.
>
> I suggest using "IETF Announce mailing list" as the "publication of 
> record".  The mailing list probably has a wider readership and anyone 
> can subscribe to it.  The usage of the mailing list is also consistent 
> with other parts of RFC 2026.

The IETF Announce list does not say anything about "pending" standards 
actions. The IESG minutes do.

pr

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