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Re: [yam] Request for comments: Working Group procedure



Ah.  Dave, you misunderestimate my stance.  Thanks for pursuing it to
get to that point.

>> I think it's reasonable that we might get to a point in reviewing and
>> adding/updating security considerations, where we think it's time to
>> kick the document off.

What I meant by this was to address the process BEFORE we take it to the IESG.

What I've been advocating from the beginning is that we should look at
the documents with the current documentation standards in mind.  That
means considering the Security Considerations (and perhaps, though it
seems less likely, IANA Considerations.  If the document has none, or
what it has does not conform to current practice, we add or update it
appropriately, as part of OUR process.

It might be that this review leads us to a point where we think that
the work required to make the Security Considerations acceptable is
more than we want to do, and then we kick the document out.  That
decision may come because we think we can't just say "Go look there,"
and we can't reasonably document security concerns, adding that
current and historical usage demands that this be brought to full
Standard anyway.

I am not suggesting that we should change any protocols to deal with
new security considerations.  And if the IESG comes back to us and
says, "No, we can't go ahead with this because of [X]," we likely WILL
say, "OK, put this one on the other pile," and move on (though I do
think that decision would depend upon what, specifically, the issue
is).  The charter tells us that the default answer would be to set it
aside.

I definitely agree with the consensus when we chartered YAM, that
"battles" with the IESG over each document are not appropriate to what
we want to do.


Now, all that said: consensus when we wrote the charter was NOT to add
or update things like Security Considerations.  I bring it back up now
because we have some early feedback from the IESG, and that's new
information.  It may be that the WG's consensus is still against what
I say above, and that's fine.  I just think we should look at it
again, in light of Lisa's feedback (and I'm sure Lisa is not alone in
what she asks).

Barry

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