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Re: "community" for the RFC series

Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com> Sun, 06 October 2019 13:10 UTC

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Subject: Re: "community" for the RFC series
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From: Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com>
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On 10/5/19 11:58 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:

> This is indeed where we may differ. I think that in setting up the
> arrangements for stewardship of the series, we should consider all the ways
> RFCs are used.

This reply isn't intended for anyone in particular, and is not in 
response to any particular message, but generally to the thread.

I agree that the set of users affected by the RFC series is, in the long 
run, very close to the entire human population.   But it seems odd that 
somehow more emphasis is being put on the importance of the RFC series 
editor, than on the importance of the technical contributions.   If the 
technical standards don't meet the needs of the broad Internet user 
population, how the RSE is operated hardly matters at all.

Keith

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