dave
have you ever really listened to jkr's presentations about the
status of rfc's? i'm assuming that you have not, because if you
did, you'd know that the big delays are things like
- waiting for waiting for change/disclaimer text
from the iesg
- waiting for "minor" revisions from the author
- waiting for linked documents to reach appropriate
maturity levels (so we don't have, eg, an rfc
citing an internet-draft).
At 02:16 PM 3/12/01 +1100, Dave Crocker wrote:
>At 01:59 PM 3/12/2001, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
>
>>The RFC editor has stated that the conversion step is a minor
>>annoyance, and not a significant source of delay.
>
>hmmm. I had heard a second-hand comment to the contrary, but am more than willing to
>concede the failings of such an information channel.
>
>however the editor queue can hold things for a very long time, and not just due to
>waiting for an author to fix something. (gosh. we haven't discussed THIS topic in a
>couple of years...)
>
>d/
>
>
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