www.internetforce.org

2003-12-28 Thread Franck Martin
lease often, release Early (post your drafts online and let people modify it) Well, so who are we? We are just a group of people who have some influence in our fields, so we are a force, an Internet Force: www.internetforce.org As for ISOC, I don't intend to dissociate myself from ISOC, nor do

Re: www.internetforce.org

2003-12-29 Thread Paul Robinson
we? We are just a group of people who have some influence in our fields, so we are a force, an Internet Force: www.internetforce.org Do you have costumes like the Power Rangers? Have you seen the film "Delta Force"? That film rocks. Can we be a bit like that? :-) documents as official

Re: www.internetforce.org

2003-12-29 Thread Franck Martin
Hey,I like your humour ;) No, No, Really! On Tue, 2003-12-30 at 02:19, Paul Robinson wrote: > Franck Martin wrote: > > >Well as many people hate IP addresses, I have it under a new domain > >name... > > > Well, you've certainly grasped the technologies available then! You're > clearly a trend-se

Re: [isdf] Re: www.internetforce.org

2004-01-05 Thread Mark Smith
On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 07:53:04 -0500 > > In such context, a more participative behaviour should be > welcome. Elits should help and educate rather than keeping the > steering so firmly. RFC aren't they meaning "Request For > Comments" ? Why did I never find the button "add your comment", > yet, on a

Re: [isdf] Re: www.internetforce.org

2004-01-08 Thread Wawa Ngenge
On Mon, 5 Jan 2004, Mark Smith wrote: > On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 07:53:04 -0500 > Because that is not how they are updated. > The RFC faq would a place to seek your ansers. The original question is : "Why do they not operate that way", if they are indeed REQUESTS? w > http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcf

Re: [isdf] Re: www.internetforce.org

2004-01-08 Thread John C Klensin
--On Thursday, 08 January, 2004 12:50 -0600 Wawa Ngenge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 5 Jan 2004, Mark Smith wrote: On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 07:53:04 -0500 Because that is not how they are updated. The RFC faq would a place to seek your ansers. The original question is : "Why do they not opera

Re: [isdf] Re: www.internetforce.org

2004-01-08 Thread Fred Baker
Wawa: Is this a relay of a question from the ISDF list to the IETF list? I don't seem to have the context of the conversation. I gather that the question has something to do with the management of RFCs. It would be good to read the discussion at http://www.rfc-editor.org/ for what the RFC Edit

Re: [isdf] Re: www.internetforce.org

2004-01-08 Thread Franck Martin
http://www.internetforce.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=Technology I put some of your comments there Hope you don't mind... Cheers On Fri, 2004-01-09 at 09:47, Fred Baker wrote: > Wawa: > > Is this a relay of a question from the ISDF list to the IETF list? I don't

Re: [isdf] Re: www.internetforce.org

2004-01-08 Thread jfcm
At 21:45 08/01/04, John C Klensin wrote: A better answer would have been "the term 'request for comment' is historical, dating from a time when the preferred way to make a formal comment on a document involved writing another document, which then was numbered into the series". That mechanism is

Re: [isdf] Re: www.internetforce.org

2004-01-08 Thread Fred Baker
At 02:32 PM 1/8/2004, jfcm wrote: Could it not be useful to have a "List of Comments" (LOC) for each RFC? Where experience about the RFC reading, testing and implementation could be listed by the authors (or a successor) from experience and questions received. These are usually found in the form

Re: [isdf] Re: www.internetforce.org

2004-01-08 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 15:37:18 PST, Fred Baker said: > At 02:32 PM 1/8/2004, jfcm wrote: > >Could it not be useful to have a "List of Comments" (LOC) for each RFC? > >Where experience about the RFC reading, testing and implementation could > >be listed by the authors (or a successor) from experienc

Re: [isdf] Re: www.internetforce.org

2004-01-08 Thread jfcm
At 00:37 09/01/04, Fred Baker wrote: At 02:32 PM 1/8/2004, jfcm wrote: Could it not be useful to have a "List of Comments" (LOC) for each RFC? Where experience about the RFC reading, testing and implementation could be listed by the authors (or a successor) from experience and questions receive

Re: [isdf] Re: www.internetforce.org

2004-01-09 Thread John C Klensin
--On Thursday, 08 January, 2004 23:32 +0100 jfcm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: At 21:45 08/01/04, John C Klensin wrote: A better answer would have been "the term 'request for comment' is historical, dating from a time when the preferred way to make a formal comment on a document involved writing

Re: [isdf] Re: www.internetforce.org

2004-01-09 Thread john . loughney
Folks, I wrote up a draft, http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-loughney-what-standards-00.txt which discusses similar issues. I'd appreciate comments, as I intend on updating the document soon. Thanks, John -- original message -- Subject:Re: [isdf] Re: www.internetforce.org

Re: [isdf] Re: www.internetforce.org

2004-01-09 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 07:03:19 +0100, jfcm said: > is validated. A market standard is the desciption of what works and is > adopted. We might find this way a fortunate compromise? Unfortunately, "market standards" often include borken things that are adopted via forced-feeding. More than one ven

Re: [isdf] Re: www.internetforce.org

2004-01-09 Thread Fred Baker
May I suggest you become familiar with the IETF process before commenting on it? The RFCs on the standards track are generally field tested before deployment at Proposed Standard, and the various standardization levels specifically address the issue you raise. Read RFC 2026. At 10:03 PM 1/8/20

Re: [isdf] Re: www.internetforce.org

2004-01-13 Thread Wawa Ngenge
Thank you. This does answer the question, and is a good example of how to approach questions in a societal forum like ISDF where even rhetorical questions may hide a cry for information. Once again, thank you. w On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, John C Klensin wrote: > --On Thursday, 08 January, 2004 12:5

Re: [isdf] Re: www.internetforce.org

2004-01-13 Thread Wawa Ngenge
I suspect that any approach that was chosen was the result of negotiations and discussions among those who took part in the discussion at that time. Any solution would raise questions in a societal setting, since unanimity is not the norm in a democratic process. The RFC process has extended s

Re: [isdf] Re: www.internetforce.org

2004-01-13 Thread veni markovski
Dear Wawa, John, and colleagues, Talking about approaching questions in a societal forum like the ISDF... I am following your discussion but don't feel certain I should write to the IETF mailing list, so I will only respond in the list where I am subscribed - the ISDF. veni At 19:09 09.1.2004 '

URS and LOC (was Re: [isdf] Re: www.internetforce.org)

2004-01-10 Thread jfcm
At 02:30 10/01/04, Wawa Ngenge wrote: I suspect that any approach that was chosen was the result of negotiations and discussions among those who took part in the discussion at that time. Any solution would raise questions in a societal setting, since unanimity is not the norm in a democratic proces