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Re: [Rfced-future] Bike shedding?

Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Fri, 14 January 2022 01:11 UTC

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From: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
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Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 14:11:37 +1300
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Subject: Re: [Rfced-future] Bike shedding?
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On 14-Jan-22 13:38, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
> On 1/13/22 5:28 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
>> This may be bike shedding,
> 
> It gladdens me that we've reached the bikeshedding phase.
> 
>> but I had a horrible thought last night.
>> Sorry to arrive with this at such a late stage.
>>
>> "RFC Series Approval Board (RSAB)"
>>
>> Suppose an outsider sees this out of context? They might imagine that
>> the RSAB is there to approve RFCs.
> 
> Might they also imagine that the RSWG is the place where all RFCs are
> developed?

I debated that with myself and decided that it really wouldn't
matter - it's the word "Board" that tends to suggest authority.

> 
>> We know that this really means "RFC Series Policy Approval Board (RSPAB)".
> 
> It doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, but I don't particularly care
> about that as long as we've defined roles and responsibilities properly.

Oh, we can discuss the exact title and the font colour, and how to spell
"colour", if we want ;-).

    Brian

> 
> Peter
>

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