Re: [TLS] Revised TLS Charter

[Martin Rex <[e-mail]>]

Joe Salowey wrote:
> 
> Brian Smith wrote:
> > 
> > Joe Salowey wrote:
> > > Below is updated charter text reflecting feedback on the list. Please
> > > indicate if you support this text or if you have issues with the text.
> > 
> > Are extensions that add/remove/reorder handshake records acceptable
> > for TLS 1.2? If so, then I think the the proposed charter looks fine.
> 
> [Joe] In most cases I would expect that add/remove/reorder handshake
> records would be a significant change and would require a charter update.
> If the change had minimal impact it is possible that it could be made
> without updating the charter, but I would think that to be the exception
> rather than the rule.  

Over the last couple of years (it looks like mid-of-2006) the TLS WG
never updated its charter for adopting new work, it seems, and there
were a number of documents since then. 

http://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/tls/

While I do think TLS WG should improve on updating its charter, I'm slightly
irritated by suggestions to become extreme in the other direction and anal
about new work items all of a sudden (-- unless there are too many
proposals and it becomes necessary to limit the WGs focus to work only
on a few of them at a time.)


-Martin