On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 11:47:10AM -0500, John C Klensin allegedly wrote: > Harald, while I agree in principle, I would suggest that some of > the comments Eric, Bill, and others have pointed out call for > the beginnings of an evaluation of your experiment. I further > suggest that evaluation is appropriate at almost any time, once > data start to come in. I hope it can be a relatively sloppy process. Let's not insist on perfection. An RFC is identified as possibly outdated, the suggestion is posted, and people respond -- just as is happening now. Sometimes the suggestions are wrong. The experiment is going fine as long as you realize it's an experiment in process as much as discovering how much cleaning is possible. > My recent response to Pekka's analysis > of the CIDR documents is one suggestion about where such an > evaluation might lead. And, of course, this whole firestorm of > discussion on the IETF list, while a welcome distraction from > hairsplitting debates about administrative structures, adds > strength to the position of those who argued in newtrk that this > effort might not be worth the > amount of community energy it would take up. Yup. The jury is still out on whether it's worthwhile. Let's be forgiving of the first attempt, and let it run for a little longer and see if it becomes more polished. Scott _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
