Re: [yaco-wgchair-tracker] Testdrive comments and concerns on the "Manage Workflow" tab

[Ed Juskevicius <[e-mail]>]

Good stuff here too.

Thank You!

Regards,


Ed  J.

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On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:11 AM, "Emilio A. Sánchez" <[e-mail]>wrote:

>   Hi,
>
> El 30/03/11 14:38, Ed Juskevicius escribió:
>
>> Hello.  I have several comments and suggestions about the current Beta
>> code for the Datatracker Extensions for WG Chairs, after seeing the
>> demonstration of the tool during the WG Chairs lunch in Prague today.
>> Comments / Suggestions on the "Manage Workflow" tab:
>> (for example at:
>> http://beta.wgchairs.yaco.es/wg/alto/management/workflows/ )
>>
>>   1. It is a good idea to list all of the possible states (as defined
>>
>>      in RFC 6174) for documents related to IETF WGs.  I like this.
>>   2. The above being said, not everyone will memorize the definitions
>>
>>      of each of the different states (as described in RFC6174)
>>          * I suggest this page be modified to provide definitions of
>>            each of the WG document states, or easy access to the state
>>            definitions BEFORE allowing the Chairs to say they don't
>>            want to use some of these states in their WGs.
>>
>
>   Fine, I'll add the definitions from RFC6174
>
>    3.   Next point:  Two of the states (viz. "WG Document" and
>>
>>      "Submitted to IESG for Publication") appear on the list of
>>      possible states (which is good), however WG Chairs should not be
>>      allowed to decide these two states will not be used in their WGs.
>>
>
>   That makes sense.
>
>           * Section 7 of RFC6175 specifies that the Datatracker will
>>
>>            automatically move I-Ds into the "WG Document" state and
>>            then later into the "Submitted to the IESG for Publication"
>>            state when certain things happen.
>>          * Therefore, the above two states are supposed to be used to
>>            describe the state of some I-Ds in ALL working groups,
>>            whether the Chairs put documents (manually) into those
>>            states or not.  They are to be automatic state transitions.
>>          *
>>          * I suggest you hard code a check mark in the "Check Box" that
>>            is current to the left of both of these two states, and then
>>            do not let anyone remove those two check marks.  People who
>>            attempt to remove these check marks should be presented
>>            with a message to explain why these two states are
>>            applicable to *all* WGs.
>>
>
>   I think that probably it's better if we gray out these states and disable
> their checkbox so they can not be unchecked. And probably add a message
> explaining why they can not be throw out at the top of the page.
>
>    4. Next point:  The list of possible states is organized
>>
>>      alphabetically.  RFC6174 contains a state diagram showing typical
>>      or 'usual" state transitions for I-Ds through all of the states,
>>      for WGs that decied to use all of the states.
>>          * I suggest the states be re-ordered to more closely resemble
>>            how an I-D might traverse the state diagram, from top to
>> bottom.
>>          * I suggest the list be re-ordered to read as follows:
>>                o Call For Adoption by WG Issued
>>                o Adopted by A WG
>>                o Adopted for WG Info Only
>>                o WG Document
>>                o Parked WG Document
>>                o Dead WG Document
>>                o In WG Last Call
>>                o Waiting for WG Chair Go-Ahead
>>                o WG Consensus: Waiting for Writeup
>>                o Sent to IESG for Publication
>>
>
>   Fine, I'll change the order of the states.
>
>           *   If possible, it would be good to include a pointer to the
>>
>>            state diagram in Section 4.1 of RFC6174
>>
>
>   Of course, without problem.
>
>
>> Regards,
>> Ed  J.
>>
>
>   Best,
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