Re: "Normative"? (Re: [newtrk] SRD - normative or not?)

["Spencer Dawkins" <[e-mail]>]

If I may express an opinion ..

>>  Allowing
>> modifications to RFCs by way of the  ISD will cause reticence
>> when making subsequent changes, especially  when new changes
>> are included or perhaps deleted.
>
> Here, we disagree, perhaps based on different experiences
> getting documents through the IETF, attempting to manage WGs,
> and seeing how the IESG functions from both the inside and
> outside.  I would contend that there is already "reticence" to
> initiate revisions of RFCs for other than major issues: there is
> a large amount of work involved, a very-high-threshold approval
> process, and so on.

Keeping in mind that there's a reasonable chance that the working group that 
MIGHT have revised an RFC has already concluded, I think "reticience" is an 
understatement... if step one of the approval process is "charter a working 
group"!

Spencer 

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