Steve,
No doubt, but that problem doesn't go away with increased parallel processing. If we're talking about, say, a 100 page MIB, where the MIB doctors do provide excellent parallel processing, there is still going to be the problem of the chosen reviewer cutting out a full day to grind through the document - and quite possibly needing to read other documents as well, to understand the first one.
If the IETF wants thorough technical review by people other than a document's protagonists, it *will* cost queuing time, whether the people making those reviews are called "AD" or something else.
Brian
Steve Crocker wrote:
"I have one document languishing somewhat in my queue because I need to block out an entire day for it and finding a full day to work on one document is hard."
I'm guessing that this sort of situation arises when you have less familiarity with the work or the document is particularly troublesome. I wonder if there's a way to identify this in advance and treat it differently. Lumping the well prepared and easy to process documents into the same bin as the ill prepared or difficult to process documents could be hiding some important factors that might benefit from closer analysis.
Steve
Sam Hartman wrote:
"Steve" == Steve Crocker <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Steve> Sam, Thanks. The IETF last call and scheduling of Steve> telechats are visible and understandable. What's the Steve> figure for time for AD review?
I'm not the best person to ask; my sample set is small.
It depends a lot on a document. I can often do a document in in two hours if it is reasonably short and I understand the technology and the document quality is good. I have one document languishing somewhat in my queue because I need to block out an entire day for it and finding a full day to work on one document is hard.
Keep in mind that AD review can easily have round trips with the authors.
Also, as you are well aware, finding the time among all the other things is difficult.
I would say that accomplishing AD reviews in a week of real time would be doing good; two weeks would be fine. Some documents will take longer.
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