Re: IANA Considerations in IDs (was Re: Last Call: DHCP Domain Search Option to Proposed Standard )

[Dave Crocker <dhc2 at dcrocker.net>]

At 06:37 AM 9/28/2001, Thomas Narten wrote:
> usages). This again argues for having the IANA Considerations section
> be complete during IETF Last Call, so the community as as whole can
> also review it.

(excellent summary, Thomas.  many thanks it.  in fact, it probably should 
be included in one of our process documents, perhaps working group guidelines.)

In general, IETF work has greatly benefited from moving review by 
decision-makers earlier.  It is extremely costly and frustrating to have a 
working group haggle and resolve its issues, only to find that a 
decision-maker in the critical path has major (ie, showstopping) concerns 
that were not known early in the process.

Hence, the trend toward earlier IANA review of the Considerations section 
is a Very Good Thing.

d/

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