Re: [lemonade] WGLC draft-ietf-lemonade-compress-02.txt

[Mark Crispin <MRC at CAC.Washington.EDU>]

On Fri, 28 Jul 2006, Philip Guenther wrote:
> I don't think we expect to see future THREAD mechanisms either, but it's 
> apparently simpler and less contentious to create a registry than it is to 
> _not_ do so.  As author/editor/review time is the most precious commodity in 
> the IETF, creating the registry and copying text to do so that people have 
> already nodded their heads at seem like the most efficient choice.

Excellent point.

It's also important to note that creating a registry is a great way to 
prevent bad ideas from getting into a protocol.  If you don't have a 
registry, then everybody who thinks that he has a Very Important Idea will 
fillibuster the specification until the bad idea is added to the 
specification.  With a registry, the people with VIIs have an outlet, but 
then have to make the VII stand on its own (which few VIIs will actually 
accomplish).

-- Mark --

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