On 8 Nov 2024, at 16:13, Murray S. Kucherawy wrote:
If the goal is to favor running code over mere pontification, I think
that's a solid proposal...
That it certainly true. But I think we do want code that is not just
running, but is also usable at scale. Maybe that's what's not clear: It
doesn't mean that only code made by and for large scale environments
will be favored; it's that if you've got an idea, it will win the day if
you also have some code and someone can actually test it at scale. If
you don't have code, or if the code can't work at scale, and someone
else has code that actually works at scale, their proposal will be
favored.
...and doesn't even need to be in the WG charter since I think it's in
the IETF's charter.
RFC 3935 only says:
Rough consensus and running code - We make standards based on the
combined engineering judgement of our participants and our real-
world experience in implementing and deploying our
specifications.
While that gets close, it's not terribly strong, and we certainly know
WGs in which this doesn't happen. That's why we had the inclination to
be explicit in order to set expectations, and to give the chair
something specific to point at in the charter. If there's a different
way to say it better, I for one think it would be better to have it in
there rather than for it to be implicit.
pr
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