Re: https://chairs.ietf.org/documents/i-d-adoption

Stephen Farrell <stephen.farrell@cs.tcd.ie> Mon, 13 October 2025 22:57 UTC

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On 13/10/2025 23:29, Pete Resnick wrote:
> 
> I think making "calls for adoption" a required formal part of the 
> process is conformance-SDO nonsense that we shouldn't be "adopting" (pun 
> intended) into the IETF. The tool-of-the-day should not be reason to 
> make something a formal rule.

+1 - sometimes stuff is totally obvious, other times
there's severe disagreement about what to do or who
should do it, but we don't need to always assume the
latter.

S.