On 5/14/2013 4:03 PM, Ted Lemon wrote:
If the authors think that the goal is to "please the AD," something's wrong. This would suggest that they will just do what the AD says without debate, which is exactly the wrong thing. The whole point of a DISCUSS is to have a discussion. Frankly, it's pretty disrespectful both to the AD and to the working group if the authors make changes to "please the AD."
That is what happens exactly because the DISCUSS holds up the document, and most ADs don't want to burn time stalling their documents if there's a way around that delay.
If the suggestion is a suggestion, then change your DISCUSS to some other position, and issue the suggestion as a COMMENT. Yes, that's both general advice and specific to the case we have pending, Ted.
Joe