Re: Atompub WG Work Plan

[Paul Hoffman / IMC <phoffman@xxxxxxx>]

At 12:47 AM +0100 6/24/04, Bill de hÓra wrote:
> Tim Bray wrote:
>
> > - First draft revisions by July 2nd, clearly marked "do not implement"
>
> Is there IETF precedent for this? If so, why?

Yes, there is some precedent. Some WGs assume that no one will 
implement until it is clear that the Internet Drafts are stable; some 
WGs actually make it impossible to implement by withholding IANA 
values until after the IESG has approved the standard.

In this group, there is ample precedent of vendors implementing to 
early drafts; heck, that's why we have so much software that reads 
0.3. Because of this, it is important to let vendors know when the WG 
thinks it is done or close to done. We can leave the "do not 
implement" flag on until the WG thinks it should be taken off.

--Paul Hoffman, Director
--Internet Mail Consortium