Dave Crocker wrote:
Tim Polk wrote:
There is no way to ensure that documents aren't published until *all*
the
appeals timers expire. Given that, let's encourage the RFC Editor to
publish when ready, and we can concentrate on establishing a process
that
works when the appeal concerns a published document.
+1
RFCs are "withdrawn" for a variety of reasons, already. A successful
appeal would be merely one more. While no, "historic" is not
metemantically identical to nevering having been published, it is
sufficient that it means "not approved by the IETF".
Approval-vs-nonApproval seems like the most pragmatic test of "reversal".
The IETF approval process already has significant points of review and
control. While this final-stage appeal potential is real, it does not
happen with any frequency and the dangerous community impact of
publishing an RFC that quickly gets moved to historic are small,
possibly nil.
Indeed, let's optimize for the common case.
Hence, no new mechanisms are need, although I do think it was useful
to raise the question for discussion in this thread.
+1.
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