[AFS3-std] Re: [rfc-ise] AFS3 Standardization and Independent Submissions

[Andrew Deason]

On Tue, 03 May 2011 15:39:46 -0500
"Douglas E. Engert" <deengert@anl.gov> wrote:

> >>    Who could we get as independent reviewers of the documents?
> >
> > I think I am missing something here. Does the phrase "independent
> > reviewer" mean something specific and special in the IETF
> > independent submissions process? I thought having independent
> > reviewers looking over the doc is what we've _been_ doing for the
> > past few months.
> 
> We have in effect been a WG. The IETF will get additional people
> to look over documents, but as Jeff pointed out they could be
> part of the WG.
> 
> Having someone not familiar with AFS might help catch some issues
> where the authors and WG where too close to the subject, and made
> some assumptions that a future developer might misinterpret.

Okay, "independent" as in "independent from AFS-3". That makes more
sense, and I agree with its utility.

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Andrew Deason
adeason@sinenomine.net