Larry, The tools could do pretty much whatever we want, if we know what we want, which is the tricky bit. But (as my draft points out) there will always be exceptions, so the tools have to allow for them too. Here's one that isn't even in my draft. Sometimes an author wants to withdraw. Does that need approval from the co-authors? Regards Brian On 30/05/2015 10:07, Larry Kreeger (kreeger) wrote: > Hi Brian and Benoit, > > If authors are added purposefully to a draft without their consent, it is > indeed disturbing, but I hate to see IETF cycles spent dealing with > investigations if they can be avoided in an automated manner. > > Isn't one way to deal with this to build additional mechanisms into the > draft submittal confirmation procedure? I believe that currently, only > one of the author's needs to approve submission/update. If this were > changed to require all authors to confirm the original submission, then it > would save people-hours investigating and dealing with this. When > submitting an updated draft, only a single author would need to approve if > the author list didn't change. Of course, newly added authors would need > to approve as well if the updated draft included a new author. > > Thanks, Larry > > On 5/29/15 1:55 PM, "IESG Secretary" <iesg-secretary@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> IETF community, >> >> The IESG is planning to publish an IESG statement concerning the >> authorship of Internet drafts. This statement is only focused on the >> situation where an IETF participant feels he/she has been erroneously >> listed as an author on a draft. The statement can be seen here: >> >> http://trac.tools.ietf.org/group/iesg/trac/wiki/SurprisedAuthors >> >> We are seeking community feedback on this statement and welcome input >> that will help encourage proper behavior. Please provide any feedback >> by June 10, 2015 to either ietf@xxxxxxxx or the IESG directly at >> iesg@xxxxxxxx. >> >> Regards, >> Brian and Benoit (on behalf of the IESG) >> > >