On 2008-01-30 10:35, Cullen Jennings wrote: > > I'd like to comment as an individual on one part of our process for > doing IONs. > > The process for publishing them has many bottlenecks and delays and we > need a better way of doing it. If we decide to continue with IONs, I > will provide detailed comments on issues with how we are doing them. > Overall I think we would need tools so that an ION author can put a new > version, reviewers could easily see the diffs from the previous version, > and when the document is approved by the approving body, it gets posted > and does not require manual editing of the document after it was approved.
I couldn't agree more (having worked with Cullen and others to set up the current string and sealing wax we use for IONs). So perhaps people should focus on whether the class of documents available at http://www.ietf.org/IESG/content/ions.html is useful, not on the mechanics of writing and posting them. Brian > > > On Jan 16, 2008, at 11:41 AM, The IESG wrote: > >> RFC 4693, Section 4 says: >> >>> This experiment is expected to run for a period of 12 months, >>> starting from the date of the first ION published using this >>> mechanism. At the end of the period, the IESG should issue a >>> call for comments from the community, asking for people to state >>> their agreement to one of the following statements (or a >>> suitable reformulation thereof): >> >> According to http://www.ietf.org/IESG/content/ions/ >> the first ION was published 12-Jan-2007. This means the experiment >> ended last Saturday, and it's time for the IESG to issue the >> call for comments. >> >> Please tell us what you think about the experiment. Have IONs been >> valuable? Should we continue to make use of this mechanism? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
