Re: Status of the WG (January 2009)
Magnus Westerlund <[email protected]>
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Hi Roland, I hope we don't need to have much discussion about this due to that we will get the document approved anyway. Cheers Magnus Roland Bless skrev: > Hi Magnus, > > Magnus Westerlund wrote: >> Actually I don't understand Chris and Lisa's abstain position as I think >> the document is no longer than many other base specifications nor that >> the quality is lacking. But they haven't been swayed by any discussion >> either. > > I don't understand Lisa's comment: > "I do not feel it has the quality we expect on the standards track." > > Could she back up this a little bit further? This is a rather generic > but strong statement. One could turn any specific criticism > probably even into a constructive one, but this is a little coarse. > > What about the IETF credo "running code"? > The doc is fine enough to get more than a hands full of interoperable > implementations (which is required not until going to draft standard > BTW). In the past there were also comments that it's too complex to > implement, but the available implementations should be proof enough > that this really isn't the case. > IMHO the GIST spec is well written, understandable and has a consistent > protocol definition, which isn't weird or flawed. Any path-coupled > signaling protocol will have to do very similar things and currently > I don't see a better way how to do it. Furthermore, all NAT stuff > makes things worse, which wasn't even considered for RSVP. > We are now in the 8th year, guys. Let's get this thing off the table... > > Regards, > Roland > -- Magnus Westerlund IETF Transport Area Director & TSVWG Chair ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Multimedia Technologies, Ericsson Research EAB/TVM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ericsson AB | Phone +46 10 7148287 Färögatan 6 | Mobile +46 73 0949079 SE-164 80 Stockholm, Sweden| mailto: [email protected] ----------------------------------------------------------------------