Yes Barry, I agree. Not everybody understands the background why it is an 
informational document and what it’s purpose is.

- -- 
Antoin Verschuren

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> Op 27 sep. 2019, om 17:29 heeft Barry Leiba <barryle...@computer.org> het 
> volgende geschreven:
> 
> Thanks, Antoin; I agree with your analysis, and I agree that the
> contact info is fine as it is, given that.
> 
> But this is also why I think it's important for the document to
> clearly say that this is documenting a proprietary extension, and that
> that is why it's Informational.  Without that being clear, we're going
> to get pushback from the IESG about a few things.  So let's be very
> clear about it.  Makes sense?
> 
> Barry
> 
> On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 11:13 AM Antoin Verschuren <i...@antoin.nl> wrote:
>> 
>> Barry,
>> 
>> I have not reviewed all the comments yet, but I am only responing to this 
>> one:
>> 
>> The SecDir review suggested changing the contact for the IANA registrations 
>> to the IETF, rather than the authors, and I agree: it should be “the IETF”, 
>> probably with the regext mailing list as the contact information.  You did 
>> not make any change.  Please do.
>> 
>> 
>> This is incorrect according to RFC4741, and I have replied to the SecDir 
>> review on the list that it is as well.
>> Section 2.2.1. of RFC4741 states:
>> 
>> Registrant Name and Email Address: The name and email address of the
>>   person that is responsible for managing the registry entry.  If the
>>   registration is of an IETF Standards Track document, this can simply
>>   be listed as "IESG, <i...@ietf.org>”.
>> 
>> 
>> draft-ietf-regext-bundling-registration is NOT an IETF Standard Track 
>> document.
>> draft-ietf-regext-bundling-registration is an IETF INFORMATIONAL document, 
>> and it is for a reason.
>> The REGEXT working group did not consent that this draft produces a 
>> standard, and therefor refused Standards track stream.
>> The REGEXT working group did allow the authors to document their proprietary 
>> EPP extension in an informational IETF document, and adopted the document to 
>> help review.
>> This informational document only documents a proprietary EPP extension.
>> 
>> Proprietary EPP extensions are allowed in the IANA EPP Extensions registry, 
>> with an informational RFC as one type of documentation, but they are 
>> registered in the IANA registry with the name and email address of the one 
>> that registers the proprietary extension, which is the authors and NOT the 
>> IESG. Only Standard track documents are listed with the IESG as contact in 
>> the IANA EPP extensions registry.
>> The purpose of the IANA EPP extensions registry is to eventually consolidate 
>> all proprietary extensions to standards and the registered contact is one of 
>> the recognition points if an EPP extension is a standard.
>> We do not want proprietary EPP extensions to become standards without 
>> consent of the REGEXT working group.
>> 
>> I can understand that this can be confusing for the IESG, since they mostly 
>> review standards track documents as output from the REGEXT working group, 
>> but this is one of the few exceptions that is deliberately an informational 
>> document.
>> 
>> - --
>> Antoin Verschuren
>> 
>> Tweevoren 6, 5672 SB Nuenen, NL
>> M: +31 6 37682392
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Op 26 sep. 2019, om 06:17 heeft Barry Leiba <barryle...@computer.org> het 
>> volgende geschreven:
>> 
>> This remains quite incomplete: the last call comments have not been properly 
>> handled.
>> 
>> In Sections 6.1, 6.2, 7.1.2, and all the 7.2.x you made changes in response 
>> to Adam’s AD review, but you tried to use the second of his suggested fixes. 
>>  What you did do is flawed, as you have introduced a space character between 
>> the two U+ characters (which is why he advised against that fix, because 
>> doing it without the extra space makes it hard to read, but adding the space 
>> makes it wrong).  Please fix that.  I suggest using Adam’s XML-escaping 
>> example to fix it.
>> 
>> The Gen-ART review asked for BCP 14 key words in Section 5, and you said you 
>> would add them.  You did not.  That’s fine if you ultimately decided not to 
>> (I personally think it is not necessary), but I want to make sure you didn’t 
>> simply forget to make that change.
>> 
>> The Gen-ART review asked for a brief explanation of what the conditions 
>> might be for not complying with the “SHOULD” requirements in Sections 7.2.x, 
>> and what the consequences would be.  You did not add that, and I think it’s 
>> necessary.  Please add an explanation in each of those sections.
>> 
>> The SecDir review suggested changing the contact for the IANA registrations 
>> to the IETF, rather than the authors, and I agree: it should be “the IETF”, 
>> probably with the regext mailing list as the contact information.  You did 
>> not make any change.  Please do.
>> 
>> You also did not address my comment about needing an explanation for why 
>> this is Informational and not Proposed Standard.  It’s fine for it to be 
>> Informational, but the shepherd writeup needs to explain why (please update 
>> it), and the Introduction probably should also, assuming that reason has to 
>> do with the deployment, applicability, or maturity of what’s documented here.
>> 
>> I won’t pass this up to the IESG until all these points are addressed.  So 
>> back into Revised I-D needed this goes, and please handle this without undue 
>> delay.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Barry
>> 
>> On Sat, Sep 21, 2019 at 7:15 AM Jiankang Yao <ya...@cnnic.cn> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Dear Barry,
>>> 
>>>     The new version has been submitted. It addresses the comments received 
>>> during IETF LC.
>>>     
>>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-regext-bundling-registration-10
>>> 
>>>  Thanks.
>>> 
>>> Jiankang Yao
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> -----原始邮件-----
>>>> 发件人: "Jiankang Yao" <ya...@cnnic.cn>
>>>> 发送时间: 2019-09-13 16:39:04 (星期五)
>>>> 收件人: "Barry Leiba" <barryle...@computer.org>
>>>> 抄送: draft-ietf-regext-bundling-registration....@ietf.org, regext@ietf.org
>>>> 主题: Re: [regext] New-AD review of 
>>>> draft-ietf-regext-bundling-registration-09
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks Barry.
>>>> We have finished an initial new version. We will refine it and submit it 
>>>> within 2 weeks.
>>>> 
>>>> Best Regards.
>>>> 
>>>> Jiankang Yao
>>>> 
>>>>> -----原始邮件-----
>>>>> 发件人: "Barry Leiba" <barryle...@computer.org>
>>>>> 发送时间: 2019-09-13 09:21:02 (星期五)
>>>>> 收件人: "Jiankang Yao" <ya...@cnnic.cn>
>>>>> 抄送: draft-ietf-regext-bundling-registration....@ietf.org, regext@ietf.org
>>>>> 主题: Re: [regext] New-AD review of 
>>>>> draft-ietf-regext-bundling-registration-09
>>>>> 
>>>>>>      Thanks a lot. We will update a new version based on your guidance.
>>>>> 
>>>>> It's been almost 12 weeks.  Is a new version forthcoming?  When can we
>>>>> expect it?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Barry
>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 在 2019年6月22日,02:28,Barry Leiba <barryle...@computer.org>; 写道:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hey, regext folks,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> This document had an AD review from Adam, a Gen-ART review from Joel,
>>>>>>> and a SecDir review from Russ, and went through IETF last call.  All
>>>>>>> three reviews were responded to on the regext mailing list (by
>>>>>>> Jiankang and by Antoine), but there has been no revision of the draft
>>>>>>> to address the issues raised.  That has to happen.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> While we're there, there's the issue of the Informational status and
>>>>>>> the registrant contact for the namespace:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> It's my understanding that this isn't specifying a standard, but,
>>>>>>> rather, is documenting an existing non-standard extension that is not
>>>>>>> expected to be a standard nor widely implemented.  Is that correct?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> If so, the document should make that clear in the Abstract (briefly)
>>>>>>> and in the Introduction (somewhat less briefly).
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Also, the shepherd writeup doesn't help me understand why this is
>>>>>>> Informational, and it should: (from the writeup text, emphasis mine)
>>>>>>> "Explain briefly what the intent of the document is (the document's
>>>>>>> abstract is usually good for this), and WHY THE WORKING GROUP HAS
>>>>>>> CHOSEN THE REQUESTED PUBLICATION TYPE".  You say the working group
>>>>>>> decided, but you don't say why.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> So:
>>>>>>> Please revise the draft to address the last call reviews, and also
>>>>>>> please add something to the Introduction (and possibly the Abstract)
>>>>>>> to explain the status of the document, making clear what the standards
>>>>>>> or non-standards status is and what applicability we expect for it.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I'm putting this into a "Revised I-D Needed" substate, awaiting such 
>>>>>>> revision.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Barry
>>>>> 
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