>>>>> "Ed" == Ed Juskevicius <edj@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: Ed> I wonder if part of the reason is we often resort to a modus Ed> operandi of "let a thousand flowers bloom" and "let the market Ed> decide" for contentious issues. While that *might* work for a Ed> technology spec, it clearly is not a workable means of Ed> progressing process change proposals. My argument is that proliferation of competing process change proposals may well be an appropriate mechanism for RFC 3933 experiments--even when these are significant process experiments. I think recruiting the stakeholders will provide enough of a gate. But this is only true if the community buys into the approach . _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf