Re: [tcpm] IANA TCP options registry ...

William Allen Simpson <william.allen.simpson@gmail.com> Thu, 01 April 2010 19:35 UTC

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Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:35:22 -0400
From: William Allen Simpson <william.allen.simpson@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [tcpm] IANA TCP options registry ...
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On 4/1/10 1:23 PM, RFC Editor wrote:
> Unfortunately, we did not recognize the mail received on 1 March as a
> request to consider<draft-simpson-tcpct-00.txt>  for publication as
> an Independent Submission, as we did not see a particular request for
> for the RFC Editor.  Once clarified, the document was processed as
> described in RFC 4846.
>
Pardon my unclear language in my first sentence of March 1st:

# "this is a formal request for approval and publication."


>> From: William Allen Simpson<william.allen.simpson@gmail.com>
>> The RFC Editor was notified on March 1st, long before Anaheim.
>>
>> The RFC 2026 process says the RFC Editor has two weeks to consult IESG.
>> Yet, it took 3 weekly reminders before the ISE notification was even
>> sent to the IESG!
>>
>> AFAICT, this is not Neville's fault.  The RFC Editor processing queue isn't
>> working as externally documented.
>>
My message of March 15th yielded more prompt results:

# It has been 14 days.  RFC 2026 section 4.2.3:
#
#    "...  The RFC Editor will wait two weeks after this
#    publication for comments before proceeding further. ..."
#
# I have nroff ready.  Do you want it now?
#