Re: WG dcoument status

[Jonathan Sadler <jonathan.sadler@tellabs.com>]

Bert -

Thanks for the clarification.

Jonathan Sadler

"Wijnen, Bert (Bert)" wrote:
> 
> > A process question:
> >
> > The signaling drafts currently make reference to a lot of
> > Internet-Drafts.  Specifically:
> >   draft-ietf-mpls-generalized-signaling-07.txt has 11 I-D references
> >   draft-ietf-mpls-generalized-rsvp-te-06.txt has 7 I-D references
> >   draft-ietf-mpls-generalized-cr-ldp-05 has 7 I-D references
> >
> > Since these cannot be included in a final RFC, should the signaling
> > drafts drop the reference and incorporate the text from the refered
> > document?  If not, then shouldn't both the signalling and referenced
> > drafts be progressed at one time?
> >
> > To progress the signaling drafts with normative references to
> > something that is still under development seems inappropriate...
> >
> After IESG approval, they will stay "pending for normative references"
> if any of those references are not yet approved.
> It would be WRONG to copy pieces of text from other documents into these
> GMPLS docs just so they can advance. If we have normative references,
> then we better make sure and helpt to get those other I-Ds completed
> and approved as well.
> 
> By the way, the RFC-Editor wants references split in normative and
> informative these days, see :
> 
>   http://www.rfc-editor.org/policy.html
> 
> which talks about this if you scroll down a bit.
> 
> Bert
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