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Draft MPLS minutes

  • From: Eric Rosen <erosen@cisco.com>
  • Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2003 15:10:44 -0500
  • cc: mpls@UU.NET
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Shahram> It says:

Shahram> "     2. Receive comments on the draft
Shahram>       3. Edit your draft based on the comments"

Shahram> It never says edit the draft as the author(s) wish.

"Edit based on comments" is not  the same as "edit based on consensus"!  And
if you think this statement poses a  rule that one should never make an edit
unless someone else has suggested it,  I'd say that that is quite a creative
interpretation. 

Shahram> I think  that is common sense that  when a draft is  a WG document,
Shahram> the  author(s) should  not change  it  based on  their own  opinion
Shahram> only. 

Well, the rule has moved quickly down in force from "MUST" to "common sense"
;-) 

Shahram> Otherwise what  would be  the difference between  a WG draft  and a
Shahram> personal draft? 

A WG  draft is a draft  adopted by the WG  as the basis for  future work.  A
personal draft is a  draft that has not (or not yet)  been adopted by the WG
as  the basis  for future  work.  The  consensus to  adopt a  draft as  a WG
document does not even imply a  consensus on the content of the document, so
it could hardly imply that no  change be made at all without first obtaining
consensus on that specific change.