the editor of RFC 2026 thinks that Pete went a bit too far in describing process but the basic point is that not everyone needs to agree to progress a document but a lot of people do (just what % was specifically not defined) Scott > On Jan 4, 2018, at 3:22 PM, Ted Lemon <mellon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Jan 4, 2018, at 3:19 PM, S Moonesamy <sm+ietf@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> It is within the IETF context. > > In the IETF context, there's only ever rough consensus, so the distinction doesn't matter. Consensus means complete agreement of all participants. I doubt that's ever happened in the IETF. > > There can be debate on what "rough consensus" is, but I think that Pete's document does a good job of capturing it. >