Robert Elz wrote:
| The better question is, if IEEE was distributing the output of the IETF in | its series of standards publications You're operating under the mistaken impression that the RFC series is IETF standards - it isn't - some of he RFCs are IETF standards, others are other IETF publications, and others have nothing to do with the IETF at all. It is just a document series that the IETF happens to use as a place to publish its output.
This is the core point. Some folk want to re-cast the RFC series as structly subservient to the IETF. But that's not how it has operated for 40 years. Yes, folks, 4 decades.
There is a fundamental difference between "having a strong relationship" versus "being subservient".
In order to make such a basic change, there needs to be a compelling statement of need for which there is strong community consensus. None has yet been offered, except the same one that gets repeated every few years, for at least 20 years, namely that some folk don't understand the RFC series. Sigh. Yes, folks, this thread is the same as has been repeated many, many times, including the consistent lack of demonstrated damage from the current arrangement.
d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf