I don't really care if they are split -- I can as easily re-join them in my inbox.
But I do find the discussion has unearthed something that rather disturbs me... hyperfocus on drafts only in your own WG's strikes me as dangerous. A lot of stuff (even relevant stuff!) comes out as personal submissions (not announced in any WG). And, having a sense of what else is going on gives you a clue about what things not to reinvent/where to inject some clue. Personally, I find it hard to (find the motivation to) keep up with the IETF-discuss list, but I make a point of scanning all the announcements. If I'm that much in the minority, perhaps this explains why we've gotten divergent threads happening. We could help the IESG out a lot if we paid more attention, individually. And, a helped IESG is a happy IESG; a happy IESG means our WGs go more smoothly... IMO. Leslie. Pete Resnick wrote: > > Just some followups: > > Re filters: As Paul already joked, I obviously do use an e-mail > client with filters. But of course the problem is that filters don't > stop the intial problem, which is an awful lot of traffic through my > poor little server. Even worse, when I am on the road and over a > lowly 33.6K link, downloading the hundreds of I-D announcements just > to filter them only serves to slow down the whole process. > > Re "everyone should read the drafts anyway": WGs always get the > announcements for the WG drafts, so I always read the one's for WGs > with which I am involved. Other drafts can be dealt with by the > occasional search. Those who really have lots of time on their hands > can subscribe to the I-D announce list. > > Re announcing all documents separately: Since RFC's are not nearly as > numerous, and I am interested to see what's been finalized and > published in all areas, I wouldn't be in favor of that split. > > And again, this might significantly cut traffic out of the secretariat. > > Any other objections to such a move? > > pr > -- > Pete Resnick <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > QUALCOMM Incorporated -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- "An essential element of a successful journey is recognizing when you have arrived." -- ThinkingCat Leslie Daigle [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------------
