On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:42:08 -0700 Dave Crocker <dhc2@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Russ Housley wrote: > > When all of the Internet-Drafts were processed by Secretariat > > staff, there was a huge workload concern. > ,,, > > I also agree that an AD should be able to get an I-D posted after > > the cut-off date if it is "the right thing." > > > Russ, > > I'm missing some bit of logic that I hope you can clarify: > > 1. The cut-off was put into place due to workload on the > Secretariat. The automated I-D has eliminated that bottleneck > problem. > No, that's not the primary reason -- the reason was to give wg members a chance to actually read the documents before the meeting. Only a small part of the interval was for the benefit of the secretariat. --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf