On 8/24/14 9:09 PM, Tim Draegen wrote:
So, the WG will maintain an "official focus" that will track the
milestones to allow for wider participation. That said, work on items
that are ahead of the official focus (or even behind if something is
overlooked and important) is most definitely encouraged, because it
doesn't make sense to nip constructive work in the bud just to follow
process. The only caveat I can think of is that topics/work-items
will necessarily remain open until the WG officially focuses on them
(again with the aim of inviting wide participation).
Sure, but....
When the IESG reviewed this charter, we agreed to the three different
"phases" for a reason: Dealing with the Indirect Mail Flow issue is a
pretty contained task. We were inclined not to have the WG start diving
into ratholes right out of the gate. The Usage Guide is a bit more of an
open-ended discussion than Indirect Mail Flow, and the Spec Review could
be a *big* discussion. Having a huge thread trying to sort a really
juicy issue for a later phase can really suck the energy out of work on
a current topic. So we wanted to give the chairs the ability to say,
"Thanks, that issue is definitely something we need to consider for the
Spec Review, but let's toss that in the issue list for now and delay
discussion of it until we're done with the current discussion." I
definitely don't want work on future phase stuff ignored, but I also
hope that we'll all be willing to hold off when the chairs say, "Not
right now."
pr
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