Re: [Last-Call] Last Call: <draft-halpern-gendispatch-consensusinformational-02.txt> (IETF Stream Documents Require IETF Rough Consensus) to Best Current Practice

Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com> Sat, 25 January 2020 01:18 UTC

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From: Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 17:17:36 -0800
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To: Rob Sayre <sayrer@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Last-Call] Last Call: <draft-halpern-gendispatch-consensusinformational-02.txt> (IETF Stream Documents Require IETF Rough Consensus) to Best Current Practice
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On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 4:56 PM Rob Sayre <sayrer@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Without any judgement, I wondered how this document relates to the IESG's
> discuss criteria.[0]
>
> In particular, this part: "Does this document represent an end run around
> the IETF's working groups or its procedures?"
>
> How does this document relate to this IESG procedure?
>

It would preclude the IESG from publishing non-consensus documents, which
seems like a chance in procedure.


Would publishing a dissenting document on the independent stream constitute
> such an "end run"?
>

I don't see how that relates to this document given that independent stream
documents are by definition not in the IETF stream and therefore are not
subject to IESG discusses. See https://tools.ietf.org/rfcmarkup?doc=5742
for more on this.

-Ekr


> thanks,
> Rob
>
> [0] https://ietf.org/about/groups/iesg/statements/iesg-discuss-criteria/
>