Re: Appeal Response to Abdussalam Baryun regarding draft-ietf-manet-nhdp-sec-threats

William McCall <william.mccall@gmail.com> Wed, 03 July 2013 10:39 UTC

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Subject: Re: Appeal Response to Abdussalam Baryun regarding draft-ietf-manet-nhdp-sec-threats
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On 07/02/2013 07:19 PM, Randy Bush wrote:
>> If I knew that 97% of appeals get rejected, I wouldn't even bother
>> writing one...
> i have never considered writng one.  sour grapes make bad wine.
>
> randy
I used to read the appeals for my own education. Some pretty hilarious 
stuff in there. I feel this contributor's frustration though (even 
though the IESG is right).

I'd tend to agree with you Randy... save it for something worth 
advocating for.