ietf-nntp Is there going to be an NNTP standard?

[Stan Barber]

> >... submitting extensions ...  This will push the process of getting the
> >mechanism for approving them worked out.
> 
> I would cordially submit that the process should remain as it has:
> 
> 1. get the extensions working
> 2. document them in an informational RFC
> 3. when widely used, prepare a standards-track RFC
> 
> It is, in my judgement, an egregious error to attempt to document a new
> protocol before it has been widely deployed and tested.  As with NNTP,
> for an immediate example.
> 
> Can it be done this way, or has the IETF drifted away from make-it-work-first
> design?
> 	- Brian
> 


I am not advocating anything different that you suggest.

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