Re: [tao-discuss] Retirement of the Tao

[Mallory Knodel <[e-mail]>]

Hi Niels,

On 12/12/23 6:09 AM, Niels ten Oever wrote:
> Dear Tao-Discuss,
>
> We have discussed at length on this list about the role of the Tao. 
> Since much of the information in the Tao is not keeping up with the 
> changes of the organization and the website is providing all that 
> information in various formats to our community, I would suggest that 
> we move to the retirement of the Tao.
>
> The Tao has been with us for a long time, it has served its purpose 
> very well due to the excellent work of many editors and translators. 
> And now another vehicle is doing its work better fitting to current 
> times, the current state of the organization, and the needs of newcomers.
>
> I wrote a draft that could help guide this process:
>
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-tenoever-tao-retirement
>
I think you've said it well in the document. It seems that we now have 
more durable processes in the IETF for documentation and onboarding. I 
think having this material thrive outside the confines of an RFC is the 
right idea.

> As always, you feedback and PRs are very much welcomed here:
>
> https://github.com/ietf/tao/blob/main/draft-retirement.md
>
I created a PR just for readability in the abstract and table of contents.

-Mallory

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