Re: ion-ion-store open for public comment

2006-12-21 Thread Brian E Carpenter
Dave, Dave Crocker wrote: Brian E Carpenter wrote: In other words, Brian, by running the experiment, in its current form, you are ensuring that meaningful changes can't be made without disruption. I truly don't get your concern. We have mechanisms today to get operational material onto th

Re: ion-ion-store open for public comment

2006-12-20 Thread Dave Crocker
Jeffrey Hutzelman wrote: OK; I stand corrected - the process has gotten more complex, and in many cases less flexible. But the documentation has improved, too. We can It has improved massively. I wasn't commenting on that. argue forever about the advantages and disadvantages of the form

Re: ion-ion-store open for public comment

2006-12-20 Thread Dave Crocker
Brian E Carpenter wrote: In other words, Brian, by running the experiment, in its current form, you are ensuring that meaningful changes can't be made without disruption. I truly don't get your concern. We have mechanisms today to get operational material onto the IETF web site. We won't be

Re: ion-ion-store open for public comment

2006-12-19 Thread Jeffrey Hutzelman
On Monday, December 18, 2006 10:41:56 PM -0800 Dave Crocker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jeffrey Hutzelman wrote: One might want to wonder, a bit, about the IETF's having a growing number of such documents, and that this might make it more difficult to know enough about IETF procedures and

Re: ion-ion-store open for public comment

2006-12-19 Thread Brian E Carpenter
Dave Crocker wrote: Brian E Carpenter wrote: If this sort of experiment is successful, then there will be significant disruption to the user base if the mechanism is moved to a new hosting mechanism. As stated in 4693, we'd simply keep them as web pages at www.ietf.org. This isn't rocket

Re: ion-ion-store open for public comment

2006-12-19 Thread Dave Crocker
Brian E Carpenter wrote: If this sort of experiment is successful, then there will be significant disruption to the user base if the mechanism is moved to a new hosting mechanism. As stated in 4693, we'd simply keep them as web pages at www.ietf.org. This isn't rocket science. Thanks for ma

Re: ion-ion-store open for public comment

2006-12-19 Thread Brian E Carpenter
Dave Crocker wrote: Brian E Carpenter wrote: As for you last sentence, perhaps it should give some pause. The idea that we do not already have a pretty clear idea of what should distinguish an I-D from an ION ought to engender concern. Like any other project consuming significant resource

Re: ion-ion-store open for public comment

2006-12-18 Thread Dave Crocker
Jeffrey Hutzelman wrote: One might want to wonder, a bit, about the IETF's having a growing number of such documents, and that this might make it more difficult to know enough about IETF procedures and the like On the contrary, I don't think the process has gotten any more complex; we just h

Re: ion-ion-store open for public comment

2006-12-18 Thread Jeffrey Hutzelman
On Sunday, December 17, 2006 06:05:45 PM -0800 Dave Crocker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: One might want to wonder, a bit, about the IETF's having a growing number of such documents, and that this might make it more difficult to know enough about IETF procedures and the like On the contrary,

Re: ion-ion-store open for public comment

2006-12-18 Thread Dave Crocker
Brian E Carpenter wrote: As for you last sentence, perhaps it should give some pause. The idea that we do not already have a pretty clear idea of what should distinguish an I-D from an ION ought to engender concern. Like any other project consuming significant resources, an "experiment" is

Re: ion-ion-store open for public comment

2006-12-18 Thread Brian E Carpenter
Dave Crocker wrote: Brian E Carpenter wrote: So internet drafts, however ephemeral we claim them to be, are versioned and referenceable. I don't know that the final step (the RFC) is any less permanent than the history we maintain of the drafts leading up to it. That's beside the poin

Re: ion-ion-store open for public comment

2006-12-17 Thread Dave Crocker
Brian E Carpenter wrote: So internet drafts, however ephemeral we claim them to be, are versioned and referenceable. I don't know that the final step (the RFC) is any less permanent than the history we maintain of the drafts leading up to it. That's beside the point. This is nothing to d

Re: ion-ion-store open for public comment

2006-12-16 Thread Brian E Carpenter
Fred Baker wrote: This document describes a process for managing a set of documents. IMHO, it is a bit onerous; I may be ignorant, but I don't know how to get an account on tools.ietf.org, Really? I thought most WG chairs had one by now. There is a button to click on the tools web site. and

Re: ion-ion-store open for public comment

2006-12-15 Thread Fred Baker
This document describes a process for managing a set of documents. IMHO, it is a bit onerous; I may be ignorant, but I don't know how to get an account on tools.ietf.org, and I'm not sure that having ssh access to the machine is necessary. Approaches used by common blogging and wiki softwar

Re: ion-ion-store open for public comment

2006-12-15 Thread Marshall Eubanks
On Dec 15, 2006, at 10:27 AM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: Marshall Eubanks wrote: Dear Brian; On Dec 15, 2006, at 5:03 AM, Brian Carpenter wrote: An ION (IETF Operational Note, see RFC 4693) is open for public comment on the ietf@ietf.org list. Comments should be sent by 2006-12-31. You don'

Re: ion-ion-store open for public comment

2006-12-15 Thread Brian E Carpenter
Marshall Eubanks wrote: Dear Brian; On Dec 15, 2006, at 5:03 AM, Brian Carpenter wrote: An ION (IETF Operational Note, see RFC 4693) is open for public comment on the ietf@ietf.org list. Comments should be sent by 2006-12-31. You don't say to where comments should be sent, so I am sending

Re: ion-ion-store open for public comment

2006-12-15 Thread Marshall Eubanks
Dear Brian; On Dec 15, 2006, at 5:03 AM, Brian Carpenter wrote: An ION (IETF Operational Note, see RFC 4693) is open for public comment on the ietf@ietf.org list. Comments should be sent by 2006-12-31. You don't say to where comments should be sent, so I am sending this to the IETF list.