RE: Another process question

["Wijnen, Bert (Bert)" <bwijnen@lucent.com>]

But the question is, can we do it by just issuing a Last Call
without another document to explain it. It is a PS doc
where the WG comes to the conclusion it is NOT a good 
thing and so it wants to obsolete it.

Thanks,
Bert 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex Zinin [mailto:zinin@psg.com]
> Sent: donderdag 20 maart 2003 1:46
> To: Wijnen, Bert (Bert)
> Cc: Iesg (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: Another process question
> 
> 
> Bert,
> 
>   Seems that since the doc is an IETF and a WG product, one
>   needs to make sure there's a consensus that the spec
>   should be moved to historic. Publishing info and LC'ing it
>   within the WG and IETF ensures there's a consensus to do
>   so and that the protocol is not actively used/relied upon
>   by someone.
> 
> -- 
> Alex
> 
> Wednesday, March 19, 2003, 4:24:53 PM, Wijnen, Bert (Bert) wrote:
> > We've been doing Informational RFCs to document
> > why we reclassyfy some STD to Historic.
> 
> > Do we also require that if a WG wants to make 
> > a PS (that has been there for many years) HISTORIC?
> > I understand we need to at least do a WG and then an
> > IETF Last Call... but it seems kind of busy-work
> > to also have to do an RFC to explain why...
> 
> > The explanation is that it has only been implemented by
> > one vendor and that vendor's author is not sure they
> > still use it (he will check).
> 
> > Thanks,
> > Bert 
>