Individually-submitted proposed RFCs (was: Re: what is a prob lem)

[Wijnen, Bert (Bert)]

> Bert,
> 
> Being flexible with the timeout during IETF meetings, and the
> immediately proceeding period, seems completely reasonable to
> me.  But the RFC Editor believes, or believed a few months ago,
> that IESG had instructed them to not submit documents, nor even
> initiate an internal review on those documents, during that
> period.  That is _not_, IMO, reasonable.
> 
Although in practice it boils down to the same thing, does it not.

RFC-Editor can:
- ask for timeout of 4 weeks (what they do today) and wait 6-8
  weeks around a IETF meeting
- wait a few weeks before it actually asks for a 4-week-timeout
  review.

As Patrik also explained... I think the timeout mechnism often
does not work very well. I have seen quite a few docs that stay
in "IESG-review" for more than 4 weeks.

Bert