On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Eric Rosen wrote: > The focus on document relationships rather than on simplifying > the standards track is what (well, is one of the things) that > sent newtrk off into the weeds. I completely agree. > Frankly, I don't care if someone on a desert island cannot > figure out from the RFCs alone how to implement some protocol. > I just don't see that as a problem we have to solve. Anyway, > implementing a protocol requires so much more knowledge than can > be obtained from the RFCs that no amount of messing with the > document strategy is going to have any impact on the ability of > our castaway to become a successful implementer. Very well said. As I said in my message of 18 June, my advice would be to make a relatively minor set of clarifications to BCP 9 (RFC 2026) and move on. It would also be OK for newtrk to refocus on its original charter of simplifying the standards track. But I would be very dismayed to see it focus on document relationships. Mike Heard _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf