On 5/13/2012 7:17 AM, Ole Jacobsen wrote:
>> I find it very strange that apparently the RFC Editor has been given
>> > authority to unilaterally decide on a new RFC format. Writing RFCs
>> > is the core business of the IETF. As such, the way I see it, the
>> > format of RFCs must be decided upon through the usual IETF decision
>> > making mechanism.
>> >
> Whoa...
>
> I don't think Heather said "I cannot change the I-D format, but I will
> change the RFC format" which seems to be what you are implying here.
Deeper point:
The RFC Editor has never formally or actually been entirely subject
to the IETF rough consensus process.
Formally and actually there has, I think always, been a consultation
process, but that's quite a different thing.
While it would test the system for the RFC Editor to go wildly away from
any obvious community rough consensus, that's a practical point, not a
formal one.
d/
--
Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
bbiw.net
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