Re: [port-srv-reg] draft-ietf-tsvwg-iana-ports: status of draft-touch-tsvwg-port-use

[Lars Eggert <[e-mail]>]

Hi,

so I'm getting confused by the flood of email. But I think there is a serious disconnect here in the community:

The purpose of iana-ports is to define the IANA procedures for managing the consolidated service-name/port-number registry. It is *not* a "handbook to the public on all things to know about ports assignments."

Yes, the document includes some material that is for the information of applicants. I think the basic idea was that we wanted to explain *why* the IANA procedures are the way they are. But that material is not covering everything, nor should (or could) it.

Especially for the assignment path via Expert Review, people seem to want us to add a lot of details about what principles the expert team is using, how they communicate with the applicant, etc.

I don't think this document is the right place for this content. I'm not even sure that we need any document with this content - I don't think there is any other IANA expert whose review process are prescribed by an RFC.

Are we all on the same page here? If yes, we should push back. (And if no, we should discuss what to do.)

Lars