My thoughts about the problems of the IETF
Dave Crocker
dhc at dcrocker.net
Fri May 16 14:19:13 CEST 2003
Jonne,
JSnc> Hi,
JSnc> but isn't IETF last-call there for catching the inter WG/inter Area issues?
A Last Call -- whether within the working group or for the larger IETF
community -- is intended ONLY as a safety net, to catch unusual concerns
that have been missed.
The Last Call mechanism is pretty much pessimal (the opposite of
optimal) as a tool for improving specifications. It comes to late in
the effort and is certain to frustrate the heck out of workers, and well
might invalidate years of design effort.
d/
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