So voila! IPv4 has existed more than ten years, so we don’t need it any more... Also DNS, DHCP, TCP, Ethernet, SMTP - wow, that rule really clears the deck. And heck - even IETF chairs produce internet drafts. Sent from my iPad > On Jan 27, 2021, at 10:35 AM, Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 27-Jan-21 22:47, tom petch wrote: > ... >> One step forward would be to stop WG Chairs authoring I-D. > > That would certainly have stopped me from ever being a WG Chair. > > On 28-Jan-21 05:10, Behcet Sarikaya wrote: > ...> Also, I think that WGs lasting 10+ years should be sanctioned, why do we need them? > > For protocols needing continuous maintenance and/or operational enhancement. > > Brian >