Last Call comment destination (Re: addressing Last Call comments [Re: "Discuss" criteria])

["Spencer Dawkins" <spencer at mcsr-labs.org>]

Just a minor followup here...

> From a Brian-o-gram:

> IETF LC comments are supposed to be sent to the IETF list, which has a
> public archive (or exceptionally to the iesg).
> > Maybe we should be clearer on what the expectation for processing IETF LC 
> > comments is.  Unless we do, it is not obvious how we could evaluate 
> > whether the procedure has been carried out properly or not.
>
> I think RFC 2026 is fairly clear and the issue is transparency - again,
> that is why the IESG now has a preference for IETF LC comments to go to
> the IETF list. That's a first step towards better tracking.

Until a couple of months ago, I didn't think that IESG had a preference 
about where I sent Last Call comments (IESG list or IETF list), so I was 
sending comments to the IESG list, for two reasons: (1) I was confused, and 
(2) I preferred to send comments the list where they did not tend to set off 
long e-mail discussions with other Last Call commenters.

In discussions with ADs during IETF 67, it became obvious to me that (1) the 
IESG actually DID have a preference for comments on the IETF list, although 
you couldn't tell it from the old-style Last Call text, and (2) this was the 
result of a desire for transparency, so likely a good thing.

I haven't seen an announcement of the new-style Last Call text, only its use 
on specific recent last calls (I saw it on 12/22 Last Calls, so it's pretty 
recent). If you have also seen so many Last Call e-mails that you no longer 
actually read them, you might not have noticed the new text that Brian's 
referring to.

Thanks,

Spencer 



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