Re: [Simple] simple-chat status

[Adam Roach <adam at nostrum.com>]

Ben Campbell wrote:
> We originally started work on draft-ietf-simple-chat back in 2007, 
> with the idea that we could finish it quickly, and have something that 
> works prior to completion of similar, but more general work in XCON.
>
> It's been two years now, so we clearly didn't finish it quickly, and 
> it's been sitting without update or discussion since last spring. 
> (Please don't take that as a complaint against the authors. I don't 
> mean it that way--we're all busy here.) We are looking at how to get 
> the draft moving again, but there's an important question we should 
> address first:
>
> Is simple-chat still relevant? Should we take the effort to fix it, or 
> should we shoot that milestone in the head?
>
> To recap, we WGLC'd simple-chat last April. There were non-trivial 
> (but not necessarily earth-shattering) issues brought up in the 
> feedback. That is, there's still at least a bit of work left to do on it.
>
> Perhaps Adam or Alan could comment on the status of the related work 
> in XCON?

It's moving along slowly, but (relatively) steadily. Basically, it's a 
turtle racing a snail, and the CCMP turtle is gaining on the SIMPLE-CHAT 
snail. I personally question the value of the SIMPLE-CHAT work at this 
point, because I can't imagine it being published more than about 3 
months ahead of CCMP (which will make SIMPLE-CHAT a moot point).

/a