Re: [mile] Ben Campbell's Abstain on draft-ietf-mile-implementreport-09: (with COMMENT)

[Kathleen Moriarty <[e-mail]>]

Hi Ben,

On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 10:01 PM, Ben Campbell <[e-mail]> wrote:
> Ben Campbell has entered the following ballot position for
> draft-ietf-mile-implementreport-09: Abstain
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> I'm going to have to agree with Alvaro on this one. I do not understand
> the purpose of publishing this, since it seems to be a snapshot of an
> moving target. It will be out of date very quickly. I don't see how that
> is helpful, and can imagine it might be harmful if future readers treat
> this as current information.  A paragraph or two about why is valuable as
> an RFC might help.

When the draft was started, the intent was to collect information to
demonstrate the level of interest in the work.  Russ Suggested that
MILE do an implementation report.  It took longer than expected, so
stating the purpose and that this is a snapshot in time is a good
addition.
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> This is reminiscent of an RFC 6982 "implementation status section", but
> that RFC explicitly recommends such sections be removed before
> publication.
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> In any case, I also cannot load the page referenced at the end of section
> 1. Hopefully that's a transient problem, but please make sure at the end
> of section 1 works prior to publication.  (And hopefully forever if the
> resulting RFC continues to reference it.)

It's not loading for me either, but did last week... The reference may
need to be removed.

Thanks,
Kathleen
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Best regards,
Kathleen