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Subject:    Re: prerequisite for change (was Re:
From:       Phillip Hallam-Baker <hallam () gmail ! com>
Date:       2011-01-30 16:57:17
Message-ID: AANLkTikQgpGHw-r9VWP6DykmBPQSw_11QBhOhxjYh8me () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Andrew Sullivan <ajs@shinkuro.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 09:27:17AM -0500, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
>
> > The raising of the bar for proposed standard has a very simple reason: it
> is
> > now almost impossible to change specifications once deployed.
>
> That's an argument for _no_ maturity levels, then, not for two.
>

Not at all, many protocols are never successfully deployed.

In the case that a protocol is successfully deployed, the final protocol has
frequently required major modification. Documenting those changes has value.


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On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Andrew Sullivan <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a \
href="mailto:ajs@shinkuro.com">ajs@shinkuro.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div \
class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 \
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <div class="im">On Sun, Jan 30, \
2011 at 09:27:17AM -0500, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:<br> <br>
&gt; The raising of the bar for proposed standard has a very simple reason: it is<br>
&gt; now almost impossible to change specifications once deployed.<br>
<br>
</div>That&#39;s an argument for _no_ maturity levels, then, not for \
two.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Not at all, many protocols are never \
successfully deployed.</div><div><br></div><div>In the case that a protocol is \
successfully deployed, the final protocol has frequently required major modification. \
Documenting those changes has value.</div> <div><br></div><div><br></div></div>-- \
<br>Website: <a href="http://hallambaker.com/">http://hallambaker.com/</a><br><br>



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