On 4/30/18 10:33, Andrej Ota wrote:
> Hi Joe & opsawg,
> 
> 
>>>> 2) Reactivity of the Authors.
>>>>
>>>> As far as I know, we have responded to most posts regarding the content of 
>>>> the document, with point-by-point replies,
>>>
>>>  No.
>>>
>>>  See the list archives, especially May 2017.  There are multiple people 
>>> suggesting that you have *not* done this, and that you *should* do this.
>>
>> I for one have asked for a summary of changes when I did my last review.
>> I did not see it.  There was a subsequent revision that did seem to
>> absorb my comments, but there wasn't a response to me email.  Typically,
>> when authors receive feedback, they respond in line to either ack or
>> discuss points (typos notwithstanding).
> 
> We're still going through a year's worth of archive to locate WG comments and 
> link them to changes. Currently the focus is on security section as that one 
> was the most contentious, but the goal is to get this information out in the 
> open.
> 
> Going forward, we've done bad and we're learning+adjusting based on all 
> feedback.

Thank you.

> 
> 
>>
>>>
>>>  See line-by-line reviews done by me, which were generally ignored.  
>>> Despite that, I did *multiple* such reviews, until such time as it became 
>>> clear that such reviews were entirely unproductive.
>>>
>>>> but there has been, for various logistic reasons, long delays in 
>>>> submitting the resulting new documents. Hopefully this has been addresses 
>>>> in last versions and we will continue with more rapid uploads until 
>>>> process completes one way or other.
>>>
>>>  The issue isn't rapid uploads.  The issue is engagement.  It's not 
>>> productive to ignore the messages on the mailing list for 6 months, and 
>>> then to issue a new release saying "we fixed stuff".
>>
>> Spot on.  One needs to engage.  I am pleased with the authors' attempts
>> to do better these past couple of weeks.  I want to see this momentum
>> continue.
> 
> We have the next e-mail for section 9 changes almost ready and we're taking 
> care to be both watching and responding on the mailing list.

Again, thanks.

> You can start with e-mail I've already sent that comes with commentary of 
> what we changed and for what reason. There's going to be few more coming in 
> to spare you from trying to diff all by yourself and spend time thinking 
> about "why" something changed.

My point was that as reviews come in, keep the discussion going.  I
realize there may be delays, but let's avoid the need to keep doing
"digest" updates moving forward.

Joe

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