[regext] Re: I-D Action: draft-ietf-regext-epp-delete-bcp-07.txt

["Andrew Newton (andy)" <[e-mail]>]

On 8/7/24 09:08, [e-mail] wrote:
> This is not my point.
>
> I'm missing an equivalent to the following part of -06, in particular 
> the 2nd sentence: The "Best Proposed Practices" have not been observed 
> in operation. The analysis presented in this document suggests that 
> they could become best practices if deployed.
>
> My proposal would be to add the following sentence before proposals 
> 2&3 in the -07 variant:
> "The following practices have not yet been observed in operation 
> however the analysis presented in this document suggests that they 
> could become best practices if deployed:"
>

The authors can determine if they want to insert that sentence, but in 
my opinion it is unnecessary and may cause more document churn as the 
point of a BCP is that it documents a best practice via the consensus of 
the IETF even if not yet deployed. The "if deployed" creates a circular 
dependency where it is not a best practice until deployed but there is 
no incentive to deploy until it is a best practice. Additionally, the 
practices that have and have not been observed are documented in section 5.


-andy