Thanks - I hadn't followed Toeless' thread where he encountered the problem that triggered his email.
Just to make sure I understand - the architecture-discuss list is intended only for topics that the IAB deems of interest specifically to the IAB and NOT a general community list to discuss things related to the Internet architecture. Is that correct? If so, then it does seem we need a list where folks can have discussion of technical topics that aren't necessarily related to work IAB is doing. I know we've discussed in the past that the IETF discussion list is most suitable for those discussions but I think most would agree that the list has a whole lot more discussion of how we do non-technical things than technical (I would guess 90/10 for the most part). I think many don't pay near the attention to the list that they might if it were technical discussions - for example, I subscribe to that list using my general email that I use for not real work.
So, one question I would have then, is whether it's thus only appropriate for someone in the community to post to architecture-discuss if they are asking specific questions on current IAB activities and documents?
Regards,
Mary.
On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 2:52 PM Melinda Shore <melinda.shore@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 4/20/20 11:49 AM, Mary Barnes wrote:
> Personally, I think it's a handy list to have
> for purely technical discussions as opposed to all the non-technical
> discussions on the main IETF discussion list.
Right, but I think it's clear that it's not every technical
discussion, which circles back around to Toerless's argument.
Melinda
