More detailed comments on the Problem Statement document

[James Kempf]

Jari,

> Hmm... I agree that this is what appears to be happening now.
> I would actually prefer to see a more "planned" approach where
> we publish roadmaps for some developments that we foresee. For instance,
> is there an IETF/IAB/IESG plan for dealing with "wireless"? We certainly
> are doing a lot of work in this space, but I think it would be beneficial
> if we developed a roadmap of things we need to do for the "wireless" in
> the next 2-5 years. This would benefit both external parties, as they
could
> learn what we intend to do, as well as ourselves in terms of making it
> clearer how we are doing, and how much more work remains.
>

While I agree that this would be useful, it isn't typically how IETF has
worked. New work in IETF is driven by a community of interest that wants to
do it. Suppose IESG/IAB published such a roadmap and nobody showed up to do
the work? There are already problems with lots of enthusiasm and support
during a BOF, then people slowly vanishing until, by the end of a WG, it's
only the chairs who are doing any work. I suspect any attempt to publish
such a roadmap would only make this problem worse.

            jak