Tom, > Bear in mind that quality discussion is real work by those > participating. It is a lot of effort to carefully read drafts, give > clear feedback, and respond to rebuttals. I would like to think that > the work individuals put in is justified by the outcome, and I assume > it the chairs prerogative to steer the discussion as necessary to > drive towards a discernible outcome in a finite amount of time.
Absolutely. Unfortunately the IETF process is open to attacks. It appears that something akin to a proxy war is being fought. Some things has to be in place for a consensus based process to work, which looks to be missing here. While the chairs have some tools to their disposition; for this to work it requires the actors and the whole community to respect and self-police that process. How frustrating it may be for the spectators, letting it play out may be the best option we got. Best regards, Ole _______________________________________________ spring mailing list spring@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/spring
