On 5/31/21 4:19 PM, Valery Smyslov wrote:
the 6125-bis draft has not been yet been issued, even the -00 version,
so it's a bit early for you
to make conclusions on selecting its authors. I agree with you that
it's best if original
authors take part in authoring -bis document and that's why I
suggested Rich to contact
Peter and Jeff for co-authoring before publishing the initial version.
There may be some context here that I'm not aware of so I'm not
commenting specifically on this document.
But in general, IMO the first request should generally be to the
original authors to see if they're willing to update the document
WITHOUT taking on a co-author. Appointing another co-author, or having
a new author appear to appoint him/her-self, can be extremely rude.
Co-authors need to be able to work together, and there can be
significant conflicts between co-authors who would otherwise work just
fine together in the context of say a working group. Also, because
co-authors have the ability to update the document in the I-D
repository, a great deal of trust between co-authors is needed. This is
particularly important for security documents because there is a history
of security proposals being weakened by bad actors.
Keith
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