Re: followup discussion
Spencer Dawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It seems to be a well-kept secret, but there IS a page of > Concluded Working Groups at > http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/OLD/index.html (and accessible > from the Working Groups page). So the paragraph should point to > this as well (just in case a working group DOES conclude!) Sadly, sometimes information about various groups vanishes. A while ago, years after the group concluded, I wanted to get in touch with the TFTP extensions folks, but all traces of the list archives and authors seem to have vanished (although I know what addresses everything once used, it doesn't help much...) Perry
RE: followup discussion
It seems to be a well-kept secret, but there IS a page of Concluded Working Groups at http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/OLD/index.html (and accessible from the Working Groups page). So the paragraph should point to this as well (just in case a working group DOES conclude!) Spencer p.s. It would be swell if the hyperlink for the working group didn't change when it concluded, but that doesn't seem to be the case (just looking at http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/OLD/tcpimpl-charter.html as an example). --- Franck Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There just need to be a little paragraph in the RFC about the > IETF web site > and where to find the workgroup that created this RFC, > something like: > > This RFC was produced by a Working Group of the IETF > (www.ietf.org). The > IETF maintains a list of all active Working Group. If you have > questions or > comments please consult the IETF web site on how to contact > the appropriate > workgroup. > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Joe Touch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, 14 March 2003 6:00 > > To: Dave Crocker > > Cc: John Stracke; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: followup discussion > > > > > > > > > > Dave Crocker wrote: > > > Folks, > > > > > > For some reason, we continue to make followup discussion a > matter of > > > accident, rather than facilitation. > > > > > > In line with Don's suggesttion: > > > > > > We ought to make sure that all I-Ds and RFCs contain > contact > > > information, not just for the authors, but also for the > > group context, > > > such as the mailing list. > > > > FWIW, this seems somewhat ephemeral. Many mailing lists > don't > > last very > > long; some change (PPVPN has moved quite a bit), while > others > > disappear > > after the WG ends, which is often just when the more > > significant final > > RFCs are issued. > > > > There are many means by which we can find the WG associated > > with an RFC, > > such as the IETF WG pages themselves. > > > > Joe > > > > > > ___ > This message was passed through > [EMAIL PROTECTED], which is a sublist of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Not all messages are passed. Decisions on what > to pass are made solely by Raffaele D'Albenzio. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com
RE: followup discussion
There just need to be a little paragraph in the RFC about the IETF web site and where to find the workgroup that created this RFC, something like: This RFC was produced by a Working Group of the IETF (www.ietf.org). The IETF maintains a list of all active Working Group. If you have questions or comments please consult the IETF web site on how to contact the appropriate workgroup. > -Original Message- > From: Joe Touch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 14 March 2003 6:00 > To: Dave Crocker > Cc: John Stracke; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: followup discussion > > > > > Dave Crocker wrote: > > Folks, > > > > For some reason, we continue to make followup discussion a matter of > > accident, rather than facilitation. > > > > In line with Don's suggesttion: > > > > We ought to make sure that all I-Ds and RFCs contain contact > > information, not just for the authors, but also for the > group context, > > such as the mailing list. > > FWIW, this seems somewhat ephemeral. Many mailing lists don't > last very > long; some change (PPVPN has moved quite a bit), while others > disappear > after the WG ends, which is often just when the more > significant final > RFCs are issued. > > There are many means by which we can find the WG associated > with an RFC, > such as the IETF WG pages themselves. > > Joe > >
Re: followup discussion
Dave Crocker wrote: Folks, For some reason, we continue to make followup discussion a matter of accident, rather than facilitation. In line with Don's suggesttion: We ought to make sure that all I-Ds and RFCs contain contact information, not just for the authors, but also for the group context, such as the mailing list. FWIW, this seems somewhat ephemeral. Many mailing lists don't last very long; some change (PPVPN has moved quite a bit), while others disappear after the WG ends, which is often just when the more significant final RFCs are issued. There are many means by which we can find the WG associated with an RFC, such as the IETF WG pages themselves. Joe
Re: followup discussion
We ought to make sure that all I-Ds and RFCs contain contact information, not just for the authors, but also for the group context, such as the mailing list. it would be useful to have a pointer to the RFC Editor's errata page for that document also.
