RE: format of MIB review comments

["David B Harrington" <ietfdbh@comcast.net>]

Hi,
 
The IEEE 802.1 WG also has a required format for comments. MIB Doctor
reviews are not subject to this requirement.
 
MIB Doctor reviews often contain a large number of comments, and often
find a problem or bad design decision repeated throughout a MIB
module. It is not the job of a MIB Doctor to propose replacement text
for each instance. For some submitted MIB modules, MIB Doctor reviews
with replacement text would effectively rewrite the MIB; this is not
the purpose of a MIB Doctor review.
 
Using a formal comment template is very useful for tracking open
issues, but at the point a MIB Doctor review is requested by the AD,
the open issues should already be resolved.
 
David Harrington
dbharrington@comcast.net

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	From: owner-mreview@ops.ietf.org
[mailto:owner-mreview@ops.ietf.org] On Behalf Of Wijnen, Bert (Bert)
	Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 11:52 AM
	To: Romascanu, Dan (Dan); Mreview (E-mail)
	Cc: Bernard Aboba; Nelson, David; David Kessens (E-mail)
	Subject: RE: format of MIB review comments
	
	
	Dan, I basically support you in this.
	RADEXT chairs, what is your reaction to this?
	 
	Bert

		-----Original Message-----
		From: Romascanu, Dan (Dan) [mailto:dromasca@avaya.com]
		Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 19:12
		To: Mreview (E-mail); Wijnen, Bert (Bert)
		Cc: Bernard Aboba; Nelson, David
		Subject: format of MIB review comments
		
		
		Some Working Groups are requiring that comments be
submitted following specific tools, or in a given format. One such
example is the RADEXT Working Group the format is described at 

		http://www.drizzle.com/~aboba/RADEXT/
<http://www.drizzle.com/~aboba/RADEXT/> 

		I believe that it should be made clear that MIB
quality reviews performed at the request of the Area Director are not
subject to such restrictions. I understand their rationale, I know
that it makes the life easier for the editors and WG chair, but this
cannot be done at the expense of a considerable supplementary typing
effort from the part of the reviewers. I have already spent a few
hours reviewing the RADEXT MIBs, I will probably need to spend a few
more on the technical aspects of the review, but I do not intent to
spend even more time in typing mostly redundant information for each
of the tens of issues and comments that I am submitting. 

		 

		Regards,

		 

		Dan