Re: Progressing I-Ds Immediately Before Meetings

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Dear Jari;

On Jul 19, 2008, at 7:28 AM, Jari Arkko wrote:

I am in favor of relaxations in this area. I realize that new code would be needed in the submissions tool, but I don't think it would be too hard either. We already treat expirations differently depending on the tracker state. I have not looked at the submission tool code, but I would be surprised if it cannot access drafts database and tracker contents.

I currently have several drafts in a state where the IESG, authors, and the WG are talking about the changes needed to approve the document. In one case we have a very long list of RFC Editor notes that appear satisfactory. In theory we could approve the draft with those, but I would like to use RFC Editor notes for minor corrections, and this one is not... so a new draft would be preferred. Yet it cannot be posted at this time. Having the new draft would also make it easier to have a discussion with the WG, because then the usual tools diffs etc would be available.


Wouldn't it be a lot simpler just to give the ADs the ability to advance a draft during the block-out period, maybe through an email to the Secretariat ?

They, of course, have to know about a draft getting upgraded in any of the above situations, this would not require a tool change, and of course if this were misused they are the ones who would have to face the wrath of the IESG.

Regards
Marshall

So, my suggestion would be to add a change to our long list of tool development tasks. In its simplest form, submissions should be allowed even after the deadline has passed if tracker state > pubrequest. Other, more complex policies might also be possible, but they would need more discussion. For instance, chair decision, allowing updates of drafts that have already been updated shortly before, etc.

Jari

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