Re: [Pppext] warning suggestions for draft-bberry-pppoe-credit

> From: Karl Fox <karlfox@columbus.rr.com>

> Frankly, I agree with Vern.  Why can't the WG simply tell the IESG  
> that it's a bad idea because the need is based on a defective product  
> design?  Surely they'd understand that--they're protocol designers,  
> too.  Who knows, maybe they'd say no, too.

I see reasons not to tell the IESG "No":

 - The IESG might refuse to go along, which would encourage more results
    like PPPoE itself.  (I have no recollections of debate about PPPoE
    here.  Am I wrong in thinking it bypassed this WG?)

 - If the IESG went along, the idea would be published in some
    "PPPoE Forum" as the best thing since sliced bread and without any
    caveats, and perhaps even without the improvements that have been
    made to it here.

 - We should save our very limited power to say "No" and mean it
    for worse things.

Vernon Schryver    vjs@rhyolite.com

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