Why not start everything at Experimental, and if it gains market success then it moves to Full.
dbh > -----Original Message----- > From: Nelson, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 10:03 AM > To: IETF Discussion > Subject: RE: netwrk stuff > > Dave Crocker writes... > > > The key point is having a status that is determined by > > market penetration, rather than technical details. Proposed > > is for the technical work. Full is for market success. > > That sounds reasonable. > > > By way of providing some incentive, I suggest that Proposed > > have a limit, such as 3 or 5 years (and, yes, we can quibble > > about that, too.) If the work cannot gain sufficient adoption > > by the end of that time, it has failed and warrants moving to > > Historic. > > I think that may be too harsh, if there has been some adoption in the > market but less than "sufficient" adoption (however we define that). > Perhaps moving to Informational would be more appropriate, in those > cases. > > Regards, > > Dave Nelson > > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@ietf.org > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
