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[Mark Allman]

> > (And, what we did with RFC2414, which was experimental and turned
> > into 3390 which is PS.)
> 
> Good point.
> 
> This is a mechanism that existing WGs and existing WG Chairs can
> use to get specs out the door when going to PS becomes too much of
> a hurdle.  Then, the WG can keep working on the spec (and whatever
> de facto hurdles exist to PS) to get it to PS later on.

Although in some cases (e.g., RFC 2414) getting it out the door at
all is a significant pain -- even for experimental.

allman


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