Dave: Until recently, the I-D archive was not publicly available. It was made public to support the rfcdiff tool. Prior to this action, the I-D archive was accessible only to the Secretariat. This IESG statement is establishing the policy now that the I-D archive is public. Russ On Sep 3, 2012, at 8:44 PM, Dave Crocker wrote: > > > On 9/3/2012 5:00 PM, IETF Chair wrote: >> The IESG is considering this IESG Statement. Comments from the community are solicited. > > 1. Unless I've missed something, the statement seems to reflect > established practice and established policy. Or is it changing something? > > 2. I had thought that somesuch statement had already been issued, but > apparently not. If there is a preceding document -- I can't think of > one -- then any change from it's text would be worth noting. > > 3. It would be worth clarify what prompts issuing this now. > > d/ > -- > Dave Crocker > Brandenburg InternetWorking > bbiw.net >