Re: Last Call: RFC2183 to obsolete RFC1806

[Harald Alvestrand <harald at alvestrand.no>]

Lisa Dusseault wrote:
> On Sep 8, 2008, at 5:06 AM, John C Klensin wrote:
>
>   
>> Please reserve Last Calls for situations in which community
>> input or demonstrations of community consensus are actually
>> needed.
>>     
>
> Perhaps an announcement specifically calling out the approval of the  
> errata would have been better.  I was trying to make sure there was a  
> public record of the intent or fait accompli of obsoleting RFC1806 --  
> since errata don't normally have IETF-announce postings associated.
>   
FWIW, I think it's better to err on the side of too many last calls.

If we can make the simple assertion that anything which changes the 
status of a standards-track document requires a last call, at least that 
class is addressed - this was apparently about altering the status of an 
Experimental document, so it's still a judgment call.

Perhaps the feedback can be seen as encouraging writing up an IESG 
statement/ guideline saying "we send out a Last Call when...."?

(that guideline should then also include "..... and when we think we 
need one".... don't eliminate the ability to use judgment....)


                Harald

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