Ted: > >I really disagree. Gen-ART Reviews begin this way: > > > > I have been selected as the General Area Review Team (Gen-ART) > > reviewer for this draft (for background on Gen-ART, please see > > _http://www.alvestrand.no/ietf/gen/art/gen-art-FAQ.html_). > > > > Please resolve these comments along with any other Last Call comments > > you may receive. > > > >This tells the recipients that the review fits exactly the role you > >describe above. > >But your behavior does not tell the recipient that. If they were >being treated as general Last Call comments, it would be up to >the shepherd and sponsoring AD to resolve them, not up to >the General Area AD. That leaves one set of people on the hook >for making sure they are done and deciding when they are, >and it is the same set no matter how the Last Call comment >is generated. Your mechanism privileges one set >over others (in that they are more likely to be held as blocking >until resolved), is likely to be slower (since yet another busy person >must be informed that something is resolved, and may miss it >when it was), and does not encourage things to push earlier than >Last Call (which is the opportunity I think you're missing). I disagree with this characterization. IETF Last Call (hopefully) generates comments. These are usually resolved before IESG Evaluation, which is what you advocate in your note. This is the normal case in my experience. The issue seems to come up when they are not resolved. As I said in my previous note, there are two cases. (1) The Gen-ART Review or other Last Call comments were ignored. If someone takes the time to review the document at Last Call, they deserve the respect of a response. Failure to respond is a procedural objection. This is usually handled by the PROTO Shepherd, WG Chair, or document author. If by the time the document reaches IESG Evaluation, I have put a DISCUSS on documents to ensure that a response does happen. (I did not say that the comments are accepted; I said that a response is provided.) I have entered DISCUSS positions like this for Gen-ART Reviews, SecDir Reviews, and reviews from individual IETF participants. I've been careful to say that the authors do not need to accept all of the comments, but then need to answer them. (2) I agree with one or more concerns raised in the Last Call comments that was not resolved. Thus, a very often a very small portion of last Call comments become blocking comments. I tend to break the unresolved review comments into DISCUSS and COMMENT, giving credit to the source of the review. (I'm not trying to take credit for someone else's work.) AD judgement is needed here, and I consider the DISCUSS Criteria in making that judgement. Russ _______________________________________________ IETF mailing list IETF@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf