Hi Martin, On 01/25/2013 09:36 PM, Martin Rex wrote: > I don't know about the last time it happened, but I know about > one time in Nov-2009 in the TLS WG (now rfc5746). I recall that and agree with the sequence of events you describe, but I'm not sure that that situation is relevant when considering this draft, for two reasons: - First, that was the IETF in security-incident-handling mode, and that's just different from normal process for us, whether fast-tracked or not. Its in the nature of things that the vast majority of security incidents don't directly affect IETF protocols so as to require a backwards incompatible change. So I think that was a highly unusual case. (And let's hope things stay that way.) - Second, there was significant controversy within the WG before the last calls, (with many hundreds of mails;-) so a set of WG chairs that chose to try a fast-track experiment in such circumstances would be crazy basically. (Remember, we're only talking about an experiment here.) As for Eliot's question, I don't recall any case when a WG skipped WGLC. Even if its not part of 2026, right now it's a de-facto but mandatory part of the process as far as I can see. I'd be interested if there are cases where WGLC was skipped, esp. if its been regularly done. S.