Re: IESG response and questions to the normative reference experiment (draft-klensin-norm-ref-01.txt)

[Pekka Savola <pekkas at netcore.fi>]

On Fri, 1 Sep 2006, Brian Carpenter wrote:
> The experiment is composed of two parts.  The first part allows
> approved Internet Drafts to reference RFCs at a lower level of
> maturity, provided that a note explaining the reference is added.  One
> way of looking at this is that it relaxes the requirements for
> normative downreferences in RFC 3967.  The IESG believes that there is
> sufficient support for this part of the experiment that simply writing
> a BCP is a better approach than running an experiment.
...
> So, in conclusion, the IESG seeks comments on whether there is
> community interest in turning the first part of this experiment into a
> BCP.

I do not agree with the assessment that there is community consensus 
to turn this to BCP right out.

While some community members expressed their opinion that downref 
rules should be abolished completely, that was not the subject of 
draft-klensin-norm-ref Last Call. I would personally be opposed to 
creating such a BCP (instead of building experience through experiment 
first).

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Pekka Savola                 "You each name yourselves king, yet the
Netcore Oy                    kingdom bleeds."
Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings

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