Re: [Tools-discuss] Confirm on I-D submission (was Re: postconfirm)

[Brian E Carpenter <[e-mail]>]

On 26-Jun-19 02:14, Russ Housley wrote:
> 
>> On 2019-06-25 15:43, Richard Barnes wrote:
>>> This reminded me of a complaint I've had for a while:
>>>
>>> When I use the Datatracker to submit an I-D, I have to go through the "open
>>> email, click a link" dance, click a button" dance even though I am logged
>>> in to the Datatracker.  Is it not possible to just match the logged-in user
>>> ID with the author email addresses and proceed directly to posting?
>>
>> Yes.  This is something we want to do, but it hasn't reached the top of
>> the priority list yet.
> 
> Yes, indeed.  Remember that the I-D submission was added to the Datatracker long before end-user accounts.  At the time it was added, only the Secretariat and the Area Directors had accounts.

However, the current system has the virtue of allowing a team of authors
to include people who are not registered tracker users. Also it prevents
somebody usurping authorship of a draft, because only *previous* authors
can approve a posting. Both of those properties need to be kept.

(I'd also say that among the annoyances in my life, having to wait for
the confirmation email when posting an I-D is truly very minor.)

   Brian