Re: The notion of "fast tracking" drafts

[Stephen Farrell <[e-mail]>]

Hiya,

On 12/16/2012 10:27 PM, Keith Moore wrote:
> On 12/16/2012 04:49 PM, Stephen Farrell wrote:
>> ISTM that you are of the opinion that anything the IETF
>> does to go faster is bad in and of itself because its
>> scary.
> It's not that simple, at least in my opinion.
> 
> I'm generally fine with fast tracking a document that describes a simple
> protocol that is easily understood, easily implemented,
> noncontroversial, and has a limited impact.  In all other cases, I think
> that more deliberation is appropriate.   That's not to say that IETF
> currently makes good use of deliberation time.  But I'd rather see it
> make better use of that time, than to try to reduce that time without
> first improving protocol and document quality. For example, I'd like to
> see earlier and more explicit cross-area review.

All reasonable stuff and the draft says that this won't be suitable
for all cases. If you've better wording to suggest that'd be welcome.

Cheers,
S.

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> Keith
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