Re: Support (as co-author)

[Mary Barnes <[e-mail]>]

Exactly and that was a similar situation I was referring to.   And, unlike
what Stephen F said, it wasn't that there were particular problems with the
draft - it's just helpful to ensure that all authors are fine with the
compromise, rather than issues recurring after the doc is adopted.

Personally, I don't think that authors saying they support the draft being
adopted is harmful and in some cases it can be helpful.

Mary.

On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 8:58 AM Tommy Pauly <tpauly=
[e-mail]> wrote:

> Thanks for the lively discussion on this topic! I agree in general that
> this habit is redundant, but not harmful. In general, such indications of
> support shouldn’t count for measuring WG support.
>
> I did want to comment on the thread you mention in IPPM, as a co-chair :).
> That particular draft is one in which I do appreciate the indications of
> support from authors, due to its rather complex history. In Montreal, we
> had two separate and overlapping drafts that mainly represented two
> companies. In order to get past this impasse, we asked the individual
> authors of each to work together and form a design team to come back with a
> unified document that reconciled the approaches. This document is that
> effort. Since the authors initially disagreed, or at least had different
> perspectives, it is usefully for me to be able to gauge if all of the
> authors are satisfied with the result.
>
> Best,
> Tommy
>
> > On Nov 25, 2019, at 7:10 AM, Benoit Claise <[e-mail]> wrote:
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > Along the years, I witnessed a trend, which intensifies with time: "I
> support the adoption of this draft (as a co-author)."
> > Well, if someone is a co-author, implicitly this person wants the draft
> to progress. Therefore, such as message carries no weight IMO.
> > Is it time for the WG chairs to start correcting this behaviour, or at
> least setting the right expectations?
> >
> > ex:
> https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/ippm/?q=Adoption%20Call%20for%20draft-ioamteam-ippm-ioam-direct-export
> >
> > Regards, Benoit
> >
> >
> >
>
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