Re: Barry Leiba's No Objection on draft-ietf-xmpp-posh-04: (with COMMENT)

On 28 Aug 2015, at 9:59, Barry Leiba wrote:

>>>> Before a period of 14 days has passed, the Designated Expert(s) 
>>>> will
>>>> either approve or deny the registration request, communicating this
>>>> decision both to the review list and to IANA.  Denials should 
>>>> include
>>>> an explanation and, if applicable, suggestions as to how to make 
>>>> the
>>>> request successful.  Registration requests that are undetermined 
>>>> for
>>>> a period longer than 21 days can be brought to the IESG's attention
>>>> (using the [email protected] mailing list) for resolution.
>>
>> Do you expect to have a (perhaps rotating) panel of experts? I think 
>> if we
>> have one or two designated (to IANA) experts, IANA will automatically 
>> do the
>> right thing for any registration attempt, including bugging the ADs 
>> if the
>> experts are non-responsive.
>
> That's true, and it's not necessary to have time periods in there.  On
> the other hand, putting in recommended times does seem to me to be
> useful for setting expectations.
>
> Maybe IANA can comment about whether they like such things, or prefer
> not to be constrained by them.

For what it's worth, the comment also applied to the prior paragraph (to 
the effect that registration requests should be sent to a designated 
mailing list.).