On 17 Mar 2024, at 14:13, Keith Moore wrote:
IMO the 2-week (or whatever) rule should apply to EVERY way of updating a document, including git updates. (maybe not pull requests, since those are just suggestions, after all.)
What about WG discussions on the mailing list that come to consensus and agreed text to go with it? Should that be forbidden?
So I'd argue to keep the 2-week rule because I think it's about the minimum amount of time that it's reasonable to give people to sync / catch up, but the 2-week rule should apply to all updates.
Except we have already established that the rule is consistently being circumvented (see John's initial message) and is not working for the purpose you describe, and more importantly nobody (the IESG, the chairs) is willing to enforce it in the way that you describe. So now what? Nice to say "keep the rule", but for what purpose? For the artificial deadline function, we can do that without the rule.
I don't know that the tools need to enforce this rule, though.
Well, with that I certainly agree. pr -- Pete Resnick https://www.episteme.net/ All connections to the world are tenuous at best
