Re: IANA Considerations for RSVP

[Kireeti Kompella <kireeti@juniper.net>]

Hi David,

On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, David Charlap wrote:

> This is very different from what I'm describing - where people who have
> no prior RSVP experience decide that they can start changing it without
> understing it, and without even notifying the IETF groups that did all
> of the development work.

Just notifying is insufficient.  A detailed review, the ability to make
comments and changes, going through the IETF process (such as it is)
is MANDATORY for protocol changes.  Moreover, making the spec standards
track means that new specs can cite it *normatively*.

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> Not only isn't this happening, but there appears to be no desire to see
> this happen.

Well, it's like pulling teeth.  But we're on the first step -- you can
thank Bob for that!

Kireeti.