Re: [OAUTH-WG] New draft process / editor role

[Dick Hardt <[e-mail]>]

On Jun 9, 2012, at 1:20 PM, Melinda Shore wrote:

> On 6/9/12 12:56 AM, Dick Hardt wrote:
>> Mike emailed me the draft and asked if I would publish it.
>> I reviewed the draft and I thought it captured consensus.
> 
> Chairs call consensus.

Agreed. I thought it captured the consensus that Hannes was referring to when he asked the edits to be published.

> 
>> I noted that Hannes had asked Eran to publish the edits a week ago
>> There have been numerous indications that Eran has lost interest in
>> continuing as editor. Eg. his decision to discontinue his work on the
>> MAC spec.
> 
> Okay, but why wasn't Eran at least informed, given that he had *not*
> announced that he would no longer be editing this document?  This sounds
> like a bobble by the chairs and a possible overreach by you, and this is
> something that should be brought to the attention of the working group
> (i.e. the legitimacy of this version of the document is, well,
> questionable) but resolved offline by the chairs and editors.  A public
> apology wouldn't be a terrible thing, either.

I was responding to a request to publish the version from Mike and had the impression this was what the chairs wanted.
I apologize for all the confusion this has caused. 

-- Dick