On 2 Nov 2024, at 10:48, Paul Wouters wrote:
I feel I need to remind you that the purpose of the IETF LC is
partially to allow people not closely following a WG mailing list to
become aware of an imminent publication of a draft. It is expected to
reach people who have not read this document before and give them a
chance to give feedback.
It is not valid to discard these people’s views as “too late in
the process”.
But it is valid to discard them if they are outside of the charter of
the WG, which is a determination that the chairs and AD must make. The
important text in our charter is:
"This working group will conduct a limited review and revision to the
base
email specifications, and will publish new versions of these documents
at
Internet Standard status, per RFC 6410. The limited review is restricted
to corrections and clarifications only, with a strong emphasis on
keeping
these minimal and avoiding broader changes to terminology or document
organization. In addition to processing existing, verified errata and
errata marked as "held for document update", the WG may address
newly-offered errata. However, no new protocol extensions or amendments
will be considered for inclusion into 5321bis and 5322bis documents,
unless they are already published as IETF Stream RFCs and are at
sufficient maturity level to move to Internet Standard."
As I said, whether any given review constitutes "corrections and
clarifications", and not "new protocol extensions or amendments" is a
determination for the chairs and the AD.
While it's always frustrating to receive unexpected feedback during
Last-Call, this discussion really shouldn't be about the timing. It's
about whether the comments are in charter.
pr
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