Re: I-D ACTION:draft-andersson-mpls-g-chng-proc-00.txt

[Stephen Trowbridge <sjtrowbridge@lucent.com>]

All,
Lets try to zero in on what the problem really is.

I think that liaison handling (or the lack thereof) is not just a
problem. It is THE problem. Does anybody really believe that the
reason this draft exists in the first place is that there are a
bunch of individuals going wild trying to change or extend the
(G)MPLS protocols?

What seems to have generated most of the arguments is the handling
(or bungling) of the communications process (or lack of process)
with other SDOs. This is the process we need to fix.
Dealing with requests from individuals to extend or change the
protocols might be good to have a process for, but realistically,
has any individual made such a request yet? Why is this important?

Now, if we can agree that liaisons are THE problem,
there are two ways we can go:
- We can start work on a general purpose liaison process to be
applied across the whole of IETF (revival of one of the POIS*
working groups?).
- We could try to develop a pilot process for sub-IP (which is
where we seem to have a lot of the problems), and take what we
learn from its implementation to feed into a process that would
apply to the whole of IETF.

While I can appreciate that a general problem should usually have
a general solution, there is some appeal to taking the second
approach because (1) we could probably get something underway
faster; and (2) sub-IP seems to be where the lack of such a
process is causing us the most pain.
Regards,
Steve

George Swallow wrote:
> 
> > In message <3E5F8A25.8030201@pi.se>, Loa Andersson writes:
> > >
> > > - I don't think it is agood idea to describe the two process in the same
> > >   document. the chnage-process is for our internal use, the liasion process
> > >   is for our commuinication with other SDOs
> >
> > If we can agree on this, then we can move forward with your document.
> 
> I think they need to be separate because the liaison draft should
> apply across the board to IETF / ITU interactions and this document
> applies only to (G)MPLS.
> 
> ...George
> 
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