I like the whole and +1 to it. I can see the pros and cons of make "drafts" actually go away but given it is impossible to get rid of a draft from the internet, all we end up with in the current situation are the cons and none of the pros. I do have one suggested change OLD > An I-D will only be removed from the public I-D archive in compliance > with a duly authorized court order. NEW > The IETF Chair may decide to removed an I-D from the public I-D archive. We have better things to do than argue which courts we might accept court orders from or what a court order is so I suggest we just let the chair do the right thing. The chair will understand the goals of the IETF and have legal advice available to them. If the wrong thing happens, we can fix it after the fact by putting the ID back. On Sep 3, 2012, at 6:00 PM, IETF Chair <chair@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > The IESG is considering this IESG Statement. Comments from the community are solicited. > > On behalf of the IESG, > Russ > > --- DRAFT IESG STATEMENT --- > > SUBJECT: Removal of an Internet-Draft from the IETF Web Site > > Internet-Drafts (I-Ds) are working documents of the IETF, its Areas, > and its Working Groups. In addition, other groups, including the IAB > and the IRTF Research Groups, distribute working documents as I-Ds. > I-Ds are stored in two places on the IETF web site. First, current > ones are stored in the I-D directory. Second, current and past ones > are stored in a public I-D archive. > > I-Ds are readily available to a wide audience from the IETF I-D > directory. This availability facilitates informal review, comment, > and revision. > > While entries in the I-D directory are subject to change or removal > at any time, I-Ds generally remain publicly archived to support easy > comparison with previous versions. > > Entries in the I-D directory are removed as part of normal process > when it expires after six months, when it is replaced by a subsequent > I-D, or when it is replaced by the publication of an RFC. In all > of these situations, the I-D remains in the public I-D archive. > > An I-D will only be removed from the public I-D archive in compliance > with a duly authorized court order. If possible, a removed I-D will be > replaced with a tombstone file that describes the reason that the I-D > was removed from the public I-D archive. >