I'm assuming it's because when implementers do interop work, they talk about what draft they're using, and if the numbers are out of sync, this can be confusing. > On 30 Nov 2017, at 6:20 am, Ted Lemon <mellon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Nov 29, 2017, at 2:18 PM, Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I realise that (D)TLS1.3 is controversial, but 20 versions of the draft >> within 31 minutes seems a bit excessive. I'm curious about the mechanics >> of how this happened, especially the confirmation process. > > Apparently the goal was to sync the dtls and tls draft versions. I'm sure there is a reason why this was important. I am however at a loss to actually say why. :) > > -- Mark Nottingham https://www.mnot.net/