Over the weekend I attempted to determine the rules for discussion of drafts at IETF meetings and was surprised to discover that they are not actually written down anywhere (other than on the meetings page). As a result we appear to have an anomalous situation in which an author who misses the cut-off date for ID submissions is in fact entitled to sit on the draft for two weeks and then submit when the ID queue re-opens.
I suggest that this is a sub-optimal state of affairs. I see two solutions: 1) Codify the requirement that materials to be discussed at the meeting must be submitted before the cut-off and that submissions made during meetings are strictly limited to revisions occurring after and between WG sessions. [Except in exceptional circumstances with AD approval] 2) Eliminate the 2 week cut off completely. My strong preference is the first. I cannot see any point in suspending what is now an automated system in advance of meetings if it means that instead of having the materials available a week before the meeting they are only available after the meeting has started. I am pretty sure that I remember this discussion in a plenary at the time that publication of drafts was automated and publication during meetings was no longer an exceptional circumstance. -- Website: http://hallambaker.com/
_______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
