Re: [wg-c] Consensus call

["Christopher Ambler" <cambler@iodesign.com>]

> To make you happy, I'll rephrase (means the same damn thing though):
> "The list has no relevance whatsoever, and even Postel would not recognize
it as
> binding or valid or having any standing whatsoever."

Well, no, that's not true either. You're stating your opinion here, which
is just that - an opinion. Jon, on numerous occasions, expressed support
for the RFC-1591 process. That's why he kept the list in the first place.
Even the creation of the IAHC process didn't change that opinion. His
posting of the list was for the use of the IAHC, in fact (see his posting
as well as subsequent public postings if you don't believe this).

Binding? No, probably not. Valid? Yes, certainly - unless you have
reason to believe that Postel erred in its creation. Standing? Well, that's
going to be one for the courts, I fear.

But please stop trying to rewrite history and put meaning or intention
into Postel's actions, when it's clear from his own writings that he felt
otherwise.

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Christopher Ambler
chris@the.web