On 07/02/2011 19:22, Ronald Bonica wrote:
1)Because we do not vote in the IETF, the process for determining consensus is squishy. A simple majority does not win the day. A few strongly held objections backed by even a scintilla of technical rational can increase the size of the super-majority required to declare consensus. While it was not clear that the IETF has achieved consensus regarding 6-to-4-historic, it also was not clear that the IETF had not achieved consensus. In this case, we had a choice between spending cycles arguing about consensus, or finding a solution that everybody could live with.
IMO that is the wrong goal. Consensus does not mean universal agreement. Trying to get "a solution that everybody could live with" all too often results in a product with no operational value.
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