Re: [xmpp] next steps

[Peter Saint-Andre <[e-mail]>]

A further note about the schedule: Gonzalo issued the IETF Last Calls on
October 7 and they expire on October 21. The cut-off date for submitting
revised Internet-Drafts before IETF 79 is October 25 at 24:00 UTC.
Therefore I plan to submit 3920bis-18, address-06, and 3921bis-16
sometime between the end of the Last Calls and the cut-off date
(probably on Monday, October 25).

On 10/7/10 4:07 PM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
> Because some folks on this list are new to IETF process, I figured I'd
> provide a brief description of where we go from here.
> 
> 1. Gonzalo Camarillo, the responsible Area Director, has issued an IETF
> Last Call on our three main documents. Because these I-Ds are the
> product of an IETF Working Group, the IETF Last Call will last two
> weeks. This is essentially your last opportunity to provide feedback!
> 
> 2. During IETF Last Call, the documents will be reviewed by several
> cross-area teams within the IETF, including the "GEN-ART" review team
> and the Security Directorate. We'll expect at least some feedback from
> those teams. And at this stage anyone in the Internet community can
> provide feedback as well.
> 
> 3. After IETF Last Call, your friendly document editor will work as fast
> as possible to address any feedback we've received.
> 
> 4. The documents will then be scheduled for disussion during an IESG
> telechat. There are upcoming telechats on October 28, November 18,
> December 2, and December 16. Before the telechat, all the members of the
> Internet Engineering Steering Group will review the specs and also
> provide feedback (well, except for me, because I'll recuse myself). If
> there are "DISCUSSES" and "COMMENTS" lodged then your document editor
> will need to address those, as well.
> 
> 5. Assuming the documents are approved by the IESG, they will then be
> handed off to the RFC Editor team for final copy editing, proofreading,
> reference checking, etc. In particular, the documents will not be
> published as RFCs until all normative references have also advanced;
> this includes especially draft-saintandre-tls-server-id-check, which is
> on a parallel track to consideration by the IESG (I'm working to push
> out a revised version of that one in the next few days).
> 
> As you can see, because there are still many steps left in the process,
> it might be a few months before these "bis" drafts are published as
> RFCs. That gives you all plenty of time to bring your implementations
> into conformance. ;-)
> 
> Just so you know!
> 
> Peter
>