Re: RFC Editor RFP Review Request

[Bill Fenner <fenner at research.att.com>]

>A contractual requirement at this level of detail seems totally
>crazy.

I'm afraid I agree.  I see this in our other kinds of process
specifications too -- we write rules for which you need to exercise
sensible judgement, and then fret about what happens when someone uses
bad judgement and try to write rules to prevent it.  While it would
be possible for a provider to win the RFC Editor contract, and fail
to provide rsync, that'd be an exercise in bad judgement since they'd
probably not get the contract when it was time to renew.

While it's possible to tie down most (I dare not say all)
loose ends in a protocol description, I can't imagine that you
can do it in a process document or contract, and think you'll
go crazy trying.

  Bill

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