About Gen-ART reviews

2007-02-13 Thread Brian E Carpenter
Hi, As devoted readers may have noticed, quite a few Gen-ART reviews have been copied to this list recently, with follow-up postings in some cases. Is this a good or a bad thing? Comments welcome. Brian (as General AD) ___ Ietf mailing list

Re: About Gen-ART reviews

2007-02-13 Thread Andrew G. Malis
Brian, As a recent victim of a Gen-ART review, I can only say that it improved the quality of the RFC-to-be (thanks, Spencer!). And the reviews might encourage other people to read the draft that might not otherwise had a chance to be aware of it. So yeah, keep them coming! Cheers, Andy On

RE: About Gen-ART reviews

2007-02-13 Thread Eric Gray \(LO/EUS\)
, 2007 7:34 AM To: IETF discussion list Subject: About Gen-ART reviews Hi, As devoted readers may have noticed, quite a few Gen-ART reviews have been copied to this list recently, with follow-up postings in some cases. Is this a good or a bad thing? Comments welcome. Brian

Re: About Gen-ART reviews

2007-02-13 Thread Eliot Lear
Andrew G. Malis wrote: As a recent victim of a Gen-ART review, I can only say that it improved the quality of the RFC-to-be (thanks, Spencer!). And the reviews might encourage other people to read the draft that might not otherwise had a chance to be aware of it. So yeah, keep them coming!

Re: About Gen-ART reviews

2007-02-13 Thread Mark Baugher
My experience is that Gen-ART reviews are very useful. Whether they need to be posted to this list or not is another question. I think they would be just as useful without the posting, but I like to at least see the initial review. I don't think the issues need to be resolved on this list,

Re: About Gen-ART reviews

2007-02-13 Thread Julian Reschke
Mark Baugher schrieb: My experience is that Gen-ART reviews are very useful. Whether they need to be posted to this list or not is another question. I think they would be just as useful without the posting, but I like to at least see the initial review. I don't think the issues need to be

Re: About Gen-ART reviews

2007-02-13 Thread Russ Housley
I think that Gen-ART reviews should be treated like any other IETF Last Call comments. The reviews themselves are very useful, especially when the assignment causes cross-area review. However, I do not think that the reviews carry the same weight as other IETF Last Call comments. As such,

Re: About Gen-ART reviews

2007-02-13 Thread Paul Hoffman
At 4:47 PM +0100 2/13/07, Julian Reschke wrote: Mark Baugher schrieb: My experience is that Gen-ART reviews are very useful. Whether they need to be posted to this list or not is another question. I think they would be just as useful without the posting, but I like to at least see the initial

Re: About Gen-ART reviews

2007-02-13 Thread Russ Housley
[Rending after correcting a silly typo...] I think that Gen-ART reviews should be treated like any other IETF Last Call comments. The reviews themselves are very useful, especially when the assignment causes cross-area review. And, I think that the reviews carry the same weight as other

Re: About Gen-ART reviews

2007-02-13 Thread Adrian Farrel
:33 PM Subject: About Gen-ART reviews Hi, As devoted readers may have noticed, quite a few Gen-ART reviews have been copied to this list recently, with follow-up postings in some cases. Is this a good or a bad thing? Comments welcome. Brian (as General AD

Re: About Gen-ART reviews

2007-02-13 Thread Jeffrey Hutzelman
On Tuesday, February 13, 2007 08:33:44 PM + Adrian Farrel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The main IETF mailing list is a compromise, but not particularly good as it may obscure the other traffic on the list. Oh, yes; it would be a shame if discussion of documents in IETF Last Call caused

Re: About Gen-ART reviews

2007-02-13 Thread Eliot Lear
Adrian Farrel wrote: The main IETF mailing list is a compromise, but not particularly good as it may obscure the other traffic on the list. I think obscuring the other traffic on this list with information pertinent to the primary purpose of this organization is a good thing. Eliot