-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ned Freed wrote: >>>This opens the door to the author forgetting to check and the various >>>reviewers assuming the prsence of the sections means a check was done. > > >>The goal of putting it in the template is to encourage it be addressed, >>rather than forgotten altogether. > > > I am well aware of what the goal is, and have been from the beginning of > this discussion. > > There has never been disagreement as to the goal, only as to the best means to > achieve it. I have asserted that requiring IANA considerations sections in > drafts submitted for publication is at best useless and potentially quite > harmful, and that the best way to insure coverage of IANA issues is to have an > explicit check for such things as part of our review process. > > I also predicted that two things would happen: (1) A draft containing IANA > considerations and an empty IANA considertions section would be approved and > (2) That this section would take on the status of boilerplate in some draft > templates. Both predictions have now come to pass. > > Ned Boilerplate doesn't necessarily include the default text per se; the template I manage has no default, but allows choice of predefined text where available. The default text is selected only by deliberate choice. Joe -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCzEH4E5f5cImnZrsRAgqjAJ9/S2Vg+hO7Y4eSNYdQ1Q2xTxHGYgCgkNBQ pDg6eyzGUEeaUlYJPRJom0M= =fbmi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf