Re: [tsvwg] Last Call: <draft-ietf-tsvwg-port-use-06.txt> (Recommendations for Transport Port Number Uses) to Best Current Practice
Spencer Dawkins at IETF <spencerdawkins.ietf@gmail.com> Sat, 17 January 2015 23:16 UTC
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Subject: Re: [tsvwg] Last Call: <draft-ietf-tsvwg-port-use-06.txt> (Recommendations for Transport Port Number Uses) to Best Current Practice
From: Spencer Dawkins at IETF <spencerdawkins.ietf@gmail.com>
To: "Black, David" <david.black@emc.com>
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David and Gorry, On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 5:10 PM, Black, David <david.black@emc.com> wrote: > > >> My concerns is that BCP are commonly used by ADs to enforce > compliance. > > >> So I am wondering why this document is not just Informational? > > > > > > AFAIR, the WG wanted it to be BCP to be a stronger recommendation to > > > protocol designers than would be an Informational doc. > > > > > Yes the document was marked BCP on 2011-01-26 after WG discussion and > > advice from our ADs, but this was not based on offering advice to IANA > (as > > in RFC 6335), but rather guidance to protocol and applications designers > > needing to use transport ports. > > I concur with Gorry's summary, and believe that BCP status is appropriate. > I suggest teeing this concern (whether BCP vs. Informational is the right > status for this sort of guidance document) up to the IESG for a decision. > > In its ordinary English (dictionary) meaning, "best current practice" > certainly applies to this draft. OTOH, the IETF notion of BCP has a > rather specific meaning and some definite implications in practice. FWIW, > Alexey is not the only person who's made note of that concern wrt this > draft. > > In my view, the IESG owns the decision (and decision criteria) on what > should vs. should not be a BCP. I think we should expand the draft writeup > to note this concern (BCP vs. Informational status) as one that needs IESG > attention and ask our ADs to ensure that it does get suitable IESG > attention. > > Much as I prefer to resolve open issues before IESG Evaluation, in this > case, > I think the IESG needs to make a decision, and it is within reason for us > to > ask them to do so ;-). > > Thanks, > --David (as Gorry's tsvwg WG co-chair) > That sounds exactly right. I'll wait until you are happy with the shepherd writeup before I proceed. Spencer
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-tsvwg-port-use-06.txt>… Alexey Melnikov
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-tsvwg-port-use-06.txt>… Joe Touch
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-tsvwg-port-use-06.txt>… Alexey Melnikov
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-tsvwg-port-use-06.txt>… Joe Touch
- RE: [tsvwg] Last Call: <draft-ietf-tsvwg-port-use… Black, David
- Re: [tsvwg] Last Call: <draft-ietf-tsvwg-port-use… Spencer Dawkins at IETF
- Re: [tsvwg] Last Call: <draft-ietf-tsvwg-port-use… Alexey Melnikov
- Re: [tsvwg] Last Call: <draft-ietf-tsvwg-port-use… gorry
- Re: [tsvwg] Last Call: <draft-ietf-tsvwg-port-use… gorry