Re: are we willing to do change how we do discussions in IETF? (was: moving from hosts to sponsors)

[Jeffrey Hutzelman <jhutz at cmu.edu>]

On Friday, June 23, 2006 05:24:11 PM -0400 Keith Moore <moore at cs.utk.edu> 
wrote:

> On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:18:40 -0400
> "Burger, Eric" <eburger at cantata.com> wrote:
>
> > I would offer that in *some* groups the running code bar is reasonable.
>
> I would have little objection to requiring running code as a test of
> feasibility of a new idea.  I would object strongly to an argument that
> just because someone has running code, means it's a good indication of
> adequacy of the protocol.

Specific examples aside, I agree.  Running code should be a necessary 
condition for something to progress, but not a sufficient one.

-- Jeffrey T. Hutzelman (N3NHS) <jhutz+ at cmu.edu>
  Sr. Research Systems Programmer
  School of Computer Science - Research Computing Facility
  Carnegie Mellon University - Pittsburgh, PA


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