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Vint Cerf
vint at google.com
Fri May 23 16:50:18 CEST 2008
Mark,
I don't think that John's scenario conflicts with discussion of
issues - I read his note to mean that WG members maintain list of
issues outstanding from their perspective and we discuss them as the
documents evolve. What did I miss?
v
On May 23, 2008, at 10:29 AM, Mark Davis wrote:
> I guess I'm used to a mode of operation where people in the wg
> actually discuss the issues, and there is consensus to make changes
> or not.
>
> Mark
>
> On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 10:53 PM, Patrik Fältström
> <patrik at frobbit.se> wrote:
> On 23 maj 2008, at 03.32, Mark Davis wrote:
>
> I had a number of comments posted some time ago on each of the
> documents; to
> the best of my knowledge you didn't respond on them. It sounds like
> you want
> me (and others like me) to go back and review each new version to
> see which
> have been addressed and which haven't, and revise my comments
> accordingly.
> It would be more effective to respond on the list with commentary
> as to why
> you did or didn't incorporate responses to the comments made.
>
> That is not easy as not only you make comments on the document.
> What is changed in the document is what I as an editor see as
> consensus on this mailing list (and what reaches me privately in
> email, on the phone etc). Given the conclusions I draw from _all_
> comments, I update the document accordingly.
>
> To then go back to each one of the people that have come with
> comments and write for each one of them exactly what part of their
> comments I think this or that on is something that take more time
> than what I think we have in the wg.
>
> It is much better if reviewers do exactly what you propose. That
> you have a list of issues, you for each new version of the document
> do a diff, and check not only what comments are taken care of (that
> you then remove from your list), what issues are still valid, and
> what new issues have arised. And then post to the list again.
>
> That makes my life much simpler, and makes the work in the wg
> easier and more smooth.
>
> Patrik
>
>
>
>
> --
> Mark
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