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Re: Things that used to be clear (was Re: Evolving Documents (nee "Living Documents") side meeting at IETF105.)

Warren Kumari <warren@kumari.net> Mon, 08 July 2019 22:40 UTC

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From: Warren Kumari <warren@kumari.net>
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2019 18:40:08 -0400
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Subject: Re: Things that used to be clear (was Re: Evolving Documents (nee "Living Documents") side meeting at IETF105.)
To: Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com>
Cc: john heasley <heas@shrubbery.net>, Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>, IETF discussion list <ietf@ietf.org>
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On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 5:52 PM Warren Kumari <warren@kumari.net> wrote:
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[ SNIP]

> The (proposed) stable-ietf-foo-bar proposal is / was intended to be a
> clear signal that the WG doesn't think that text is sane, not that it
> is carved in stone.

<blush>
"clear signal that the WG doesn't think that text is *insane*".

Thanks to the kind soul who pointed that out off-list instead of on...: -)
W

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> I don't think the execution is relevant when it was obviously a bad
> idea in the first place.
> This is like putting rabid weasels in your pants, and later expressing
> regret at having chosen those particular rabid weasels and that pair
> of pants.
>    ---maf



-- 
I don't think the execution is relevant when it was obviously a bad
idea in the first place.
This is like putting rabid weasels in your pants, and later expressing
regret at having chosen those particular rabid weasels and that pair
of pants.
   ---maf

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