[NNTP] More Last Call Completions

[Clive D.W. Feather]

Russ Allbery said:
>> draft-ietf-nntpext-authinfo:
>> Comment from Mark Crispin that "These documents should be part of the base
>> NNTP specification".
> 
> I don't believe that making this change at this stage is worth the delay
> that it would incur.  I would rather look at merging the documents at a
> later stage, perhaps at Draft Standard stage, once we know how widely
> implemented AUTHINFO SASL is.  Right now, AUTHINFO SASL is fairly new and
> unproven compared to what's in the base draft.

Thanks to xml2rfc, the editing work in doing such a merge would be fairly
simple.

However, that doesn't mean I think it's a good idea right now. Firstly
because the content needs review by different audiences, and secondly
because this makes a good test of the extension processes. And thirdly
because the document is big enough already for reviewers to deal with.

As you say, a later stage might be a good time to do a merge of those
facilities which have gained acceptance.

> I don't think that setting up a response registry is something we should
> tackle at this stage in the process; instead, I think we should defer it.

I'm not totally convinced it's necessary, either. See my previous message
on the topic.

-- 
Clive D.W. Feather  | Work:  <clive at demon.net>   | Tel:    +44 20 8495 6138
Internet Expert     | Home:  <clive at davros.org>  | Fax:    +44 870 051 9937
Demon Internet      | WWW: http://www.davros.org | Mobile: +44 7973 377646
Thus plc            |                            |