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Re: [saag] keys under doormats: is our doormat ok?

"Paul Hoffman" <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> Sun, 12 July 2015 16:27 UTC

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Subject: Re: [saag] keys under doormats: is our doormat ok?
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On 12 Jul 2015, at 8:02, Simon Josefsson wrote:

> The document is sometimes dismissed as being almost 20 years old, and
> that it does not reflect current consensus among IAB/IESG.  Revising 
> the
> document (with as little changes as possible) and getting that 
> approved
> again would be useful, in my mind.

I would say the opposite: people respect that our opinion from 20 years 
ago remains the same.

--Paul Hoffman

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