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Re: An IETF repository for working code in our protocols?

Pete Resnick <resnick@episteme.net> Thu, 20 August 2020 20:57 UTC

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From: Pete Resnick <resnick@episteme.net>
To: Vijay Gurbani <vijay.gurbani@gmail.com>
Cc: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>, IETF WG Chairs <wgchairs@ietf.org>
Subject: Re: An IETF repository for working code in our protocols?
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2020 15:57:22 -0500
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On 20 Aug 2020, at 13:26, Vijay Gurbani wrote:

>> I also don't think that it's necessary, once a protocol is 
>> successful; after broad deployment, people don't need to go searching 
>> for implementations. It *is* useful when a project is starting, to 
>> help early implementers find each other, though. 
>
> Yes, agreed!  The idea would be light the fire of widespread 
> implementation by the kindling (code) that tracked the I-D as it 
> became an RFC.  

It might be useful (for you all and for the IAB program) to look at the 
codestand (originally codematch) project, both its successes and its 
failures. The email lists are still in the archives. I followed it at 
the beginning, but don't know much about it other than it was in part 
trying to help match up implementors with standards.

pr
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