Re: [rfc-i] Try this: was Re: New proposal/New SOW comment period

Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Tue, 10 September 2019 23:06 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rfc-i] Try this: was Re: New proposal/New SOW comment period
To: "Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com>, Richard Barnes <rlb@ipv.sx>, Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com>
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From: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
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Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 11:06:40 +1200
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On 11-Sep-19 10:08, Salz, Rich wrote:
>>Even if one disagrees with the content of RFC 6635 (which we probably all do, in different ways), there are other, non-Informational documents that specify how to replace it with something that has community consensus.  And this ain’t it. 
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> Agree.  We have a process/mechanism. One of the worst things we could do is ignore it because “this time it’s different”

If it isn't already clear, I strongly disagree. When our self-imposed rules have proved to be problematic, ignoring them is exactly the right thing to do, unless it's illegal.

   Brian