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Re: [DNA] Confirming consensus calls performed in the dna meeting @IETF 71

On Wednesday 19 March 2008, Suresh Krishnan wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>    I would like to verify the consensus calls performed in the dna wg
> meeting.

Hi Suresh,

My input:

> Adoption of draft-krishnan-dna-simple as wg item:
> Yes: 15
> No: 0

Yes.

> Way forward with Complete DNA:
> Publish as Informational (remove code point requirements): 2
> Publish as Historic(no more work): 0
> Complete current PS work and improve to publish as Experimental: 2
> Let it die: 3

Publish as Informational (remove code point requirements).

Reason: if we publish it as experimental, or informational with the code 
points there's risk of confusing people outside the IETF, I think -- 
they might well have no idea what's the difference between 
Experimental, Informational, Standard Track.

Let it die seems sad and a bad idea. There are good ideas in this 
draft/solution and they should survive the WG, I think. It would avoid 
people reinventing the wheel later, and it's good to remember that RFC 
means request for comments. Removing codepoints insure that nobody can 
implement straight from the RFC and think they have implemented *The* 
IETF's DNA. Not much is lost by removing the codepoints since if the 
IETF want to standardize the complete DNA in 5 years, they will just 
have to put them back :)

--julien