Hi Joe, Thanks for providing an update to this draft. I am good with the changes.
Before proceeding with IETF LC, can the Shepherd’s write-up be updated to justify having more than 5 authors on the front page (question #13)? > On Aug 24, 2025, at 1:18 PM, Mahesh Jethanandani <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Joe, > >> On Aug 24, 2025, at 4:38 AM, Joe Clarke (jclarke) <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thanks for a quick response. I have uber-level comment/observation for this >> draft, and one for the combination of the three drafts, which I will send >> separately. >> >> On the question of the number of authors on the first page, RFC 7322 gives >> two choices. One is to limit the number of authors to five, or for the >> stream approving body, IESG in this case, to consider one or two editors >> that will have primary responsibility for the document, with everyone else >> listed in the Contributor or Acknowledgement section. Let me know your >> preference. >> >> [JMC] My read of 7322 is different than yours. There is no normative >> language here, and it says that the approving body needs to consider if one >> or two editors should have primary responsibility of the document. That >> doesn’t mean there are black and white rules on this. And, in fact, reading >> some recent emails on the chairs list, I see that exceptions to the five >> authors rule are granted (see RFC8415 as an example). We still believe this >> is a case where an exception is warranted. >> >> Joe > > If the authors want to go down the path of justifying more than five authors > on the first page, we will have to start with updating the Shepherd’s > write-up, where in question #13, the current answer says N/A. The Shepherd > might want to review other documents where such exception was granted to add > the text for justification. > > Thanks. Mahesh Jethanandani [email protected]
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