Hi Brian, I agree that there will always be exceptions (we have them now), that will need to be handled manually, but I don't think that is a reason not to try to handle 80% of the cases. On your question about withdrawal, no I don't see why other authors should have any say in whether an author withdraws or not. It this somehow related to the "right to be forgotten" law? :-) - Larry On 5/31/15 1:03 PM, "Brian E Carpenter" <brian.e.carpenter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >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) >>> >> >>