On Dec 31, 2006, at 2:27 PM, Lakshminath Dondeti wrote:
There is perhaps one more aspect to "Can somebody explain ..." that is worth considering. In some cases, the AD simply does not have the expertise or simply has incorrect/wrong understanding. In that case, the burden is on the authors to help the AD understand the context of the work, provide references to reading material and such. Until the AD understands at his/her own pace, the work seems to languish (sure the authors do delay responses etc., but let us work on one problem at a time) in the IESG review stage.
Sure. That could happen. But it's not usually the case that an AD who knows that they don't understand something, holds a DISCUSS on a document for a long time, all the while getting useful responses and help from authors. I sure wouldn't feel comfortable doing that. It could be that a given document languishes while an AD gains understanding, or it could be that eventually the AD gives up or manages to get some issues resolved in that document. I'm sure there are different perspectives on why something was held up and then worked out, for just about any document that did suffer from a long DISCUSS.
Note that the authors and WGs have a burden to explain their work to more than just ADs.
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