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Re: call for ideas: tail-heavy IETF process

Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Wed, 01 May 2013 20:05 UTC

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Date: Thu, 02 May 2013 08:05:34 +1200
From: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
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On 02/05/2013 05:59, Dave Crocker wrote:
> 
> The blog nicely classes the problem as being too heavy-weight during
> final stages.  The quick discussion thread seems focused on adding a
> moment at which the draft specification is considered 'baked'.
> 
> I think that's still too late.

What, you agree with your younger self?

http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-carpenter-icar-sirs-01

Apart from the non-diverse acronym, I still think that proposal
was a good one.

    Brian

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