> -----Original Message----- > From: WGChairs <wgchairs-bounces@xxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Alexey Melnikov > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2021 10:33 AM > To: Barry Leiba <barryleiba@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; Lars Eggert <lars@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Working Chairs <wgchairs@xxxxxxxx>; IETF <ietf@xxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Proposal: an "important-news" IETF announcement list > > Hi Barry, > > On 29/09/2021 15:08, Barry Leiba wrote: > >> 1. Announcements sent manually by <various roles> = 284 > >> 2. Announcements of new and updated WG charters & WG closures = 44 > >> 3. (included in above 44) > >> 4. Announcements of new non-WG mailing lists = 13 > >> 5. Announcements of new RFCs = 275 > >> 6. IESG and LLC telechat announcements = 39 > >> 7. Announcements of document actions = 175 > >> 8. Announcements of IESG conflict-review results = 14 > >> 9. Last call announcements for I-Ds = 174 (+ 4 for other actions) > >> 10. Interim WG meeting announcements = 256 > >> > >> The "important-news" proposal would only retain those under (1) above. > > I think that 1, 4, and 6 should all be retained as is (and in the new > > list, if it's created). > > > > I think that 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, and 10 should be in a weekly summary, one > > single message per week. > > I have a slight problem with this proposal because if it is implemented > it would not be possible to find last call announcements by draft name. > I think this is a rather important feature when searching archive. [acm] Yes, any message that initiates an e-mail thread (like Last Call) should not be consolidated with other announcements. I was trying to avoid that with a smaller list for consolidation. Also, I have no problem seeing new RFCs announced individually, because it is the successful end of a long process for the authors, WGs usually celebrate these accomplishments, etc. Al > > Unfortunately I don't have a solution for this problem. > > Best Regards, > > Alexey
