Re: disposition of draft-ietf-http-* internet drafts
Dave Kristol (dmk@bell-labs.com)
Tue, 16 Mar 1999 09:30:18 -0500
Larry Masinter wrote:
> [...]
> I note that we cannot officially close until "HTTP State
> Management Mechanism" has been completed:
>
> "HTTP State Management Mechanism", D. Kristol, L. Montulli, 07/29/1998,
> <draft-ietf-http-state-man-mec-10.txt,.ps>
>
> is marked as awaiting an applicability statement, which I presume is:
>
> "Applicability Statement for HTTP State Management", Keith Moore,
> 11/23/1998, <draft-iesg-http-cookies-00.txt>
>
Yes and no. The applicability statement needs to be revised. But the
real problem IMO is that state-man-mec is caught in IESG process hell,
with some current IESG members unhappy with wording that was accepted by
former IESG members.
Dave Kristol