John, > We are now seeing pull requests that alter > substantive parts of documents posted on Github within a short > time before IETF starts and during the window when new or > revised I-Ds are not allowed without special circumstances and > specific permission from ADs. I think this is an important point. I would be very happy if the IETF recommended an analogous similar moratorium on *merging* pull requests during the IETF blackout window.