--On Tuesday, December 4, 2018 10:15 -0800 S Moonesamy <sm+ietf@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hopefully Internationalization's Directorate review can be >> done before the end of the year, so that I can restart IETF >> LC. > > I took a quick look at the draft. It is basically about an > update to a IANA registry. There might be a minor issue > process-wise if I am not mistaken. > > It is unusual to cancel a Last Call because of a directorate > review. Sometimes one can take the "right" decision but that > could be misperceived because of the way in which the decision > is taken. SM, To supplement, Alexey's response (which I greatly appreciate, along with the decision), if you are interested in both the substance of the issue and why this directorate and its reviews are a little different from the norm, please review the discussions of the last couple of days on the IDNrp list (i18nrp@xxxxxxxx). best, john