Lakshminath: >>So, I'll tell everyone how I deal with Gen-ART Reviews. Other >>General ADs may have done things slightly different. >>When I use a Gen-ART Review as the basis of a DISCUSS, I put it in >>one of two categories. >>(1) The Gen-ART Review was ignored. Like any other Last Call >>comment, it deserves an answer. So, this is a procedural >>objection. In this situation, I've been careful to say that the >>authors do not need to accept all of the comments, but then need to >>answer them. > >I have reviewed documents as a Gen-ART reviewer (during Brian's >tenure I think), sec-dir reviewer and also provided IETF LC comments >on some documents. As a reviewer, I am not sure whether I was >expecting answers all those times. I am pretty sure I have not >always stated whether or not the answers are satisfactory. > >Next, I can imagine an author not wanting to respond to something I >may have said because it was totally bogus or inappropriate and does >not deserve a response. That might very well happen when I review >documents on a topic that I am not familiar with and haven't had the >time to read related references (that varies depending on the time >available, etc.). Perhaps that is not such a bad thing; being >blissfully ignorant on some topics keeps me, well, blissful. I use >somewhat of a hyperbole for obvious reasons. I am sure many other >situations are much more nuanced. I hope ADs don't continue to hold >a DISCUSS in those situations waiting for a dialog to take place or >waiting for a consensus to emerge. I sometimes hint in my reviews >that the topic may be at the border of my knowledge and if I have a >bias. Perhaps that is helpful. Even if the response does not go to the person making the comments, ADs need to see a response. Silence does not help us understand if consensus has been achieved. Last Call is the only point in the development and review of many documents where review from other IETF Areas takes place. It is very important that this cross-Area review take place. Russ _______________________________________________ IETF mailing list IETF@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf