The MPLS WG Archive

[Yakov Rekhter <yakov@juniper.net>]

Eric,

>    I know this.  Many people are frustrated with the amount
>of control that the authors (and specifically the editors) have
>in the I-D process.  However, that is the process.
>
>    You raise issues during last call, the authors "address"
>them and you have another shot at raising issues with the
>way that the author addressed them.  If your raising of an
>issue the second time does not get a lot of support, then -
>I believe - the WG chair will conclude that the existing
>resolution is supported by a rough consensus.  As it now
>stands, that is the way it is done.
>
>    If we are going to change the process, then I suspect we
>will jeopardize the stability of all I-Ds in progress.  I remind
>you of the occasionally recurring issue with field-ordering
>and word boundaries in RSVP-TE.  There are many other
>such issues.
>
>    Once again, I plea that closure (and stability) is a better
>goal than perfection.

Just to add, Proposed Standard is not the last step in the
standardization process. Documents could be improved as they
move along the standards track.

Yakov.