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

Sofia Celi <cherenkov@riseup.net> Tue, 14 October 2025 13:44 UTC

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On 13/10/2025 23:56, Stephen Farrell wrote:
> 
> 
> 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.

+1 I have also seen individual documents that have already been 
discussed plenty at ML and meetings, and agreed on, then issued a long 
call of adoption, which just creates bureaucracy IMHO.

Thank you,

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