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diff --git a/doc/rfc/rfc8789.txt b/doc/rfc/rfc8789.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0f10036 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/rfc/rfc8789.txt @@ -0,0 +1,157 @@ + + + + +Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) J. Halpern, Ed. +Request for Comments: 8789 Ericsson +BCP: 9 E. Rescorla, Ed. +Updates: 2026 Mozilla +Category: Best Current Practice June 2020 +ISSN: 2070-1721 + + + IETF Stream Documents Require IETF Rough Consensus + +Abstract + + This document requires that the IETF never publish any IETF Stream + RFCs without IETF rough consensus. This updates RFC 2026. + +Status of This Memo + + This memo documents an Internet Best Current Practice. + + This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force + (IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has + received public review and has been approved for publication by the + Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on + BCPs is available in Section 2 of RFC 7841. + + Information about the current status of this document, any errata, + and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at + https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8789. + +Copyright Notice + + Copyright (c) 2020 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the + document authors. All rights reserved. + + This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal + Provisions Relating to IETF Documents + (https://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of + publication of this document. Please review these documents + carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect + to this document. Code Components extracted from this document must + include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of + the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as + described in the Simplified BSD License. + +Table of Contents + + 1. Introduction + 2. Terminology + 3. Action + 4. Discussion + 5. IANA Considerations + 6. Security Considerations + 7. Normative References + 8. Informative References + Authors' Addresses + +1. Introduction + + IETF procedures, as defined by [RFC2026], allow for Informational or + Experimental RFCs to be published without IETF rough consensus. For + context, it should be remembered that this RFC predates the + separation of the various streams (e.g., IRTF, IAB, and Independent.) + When it was written, there were only "RFCs". + + As a consequence, the IESG was permitted to approve an Internet-Draft + for publication as an RFC without IETF rough consensus. + +2. Terminology + + The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", + "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and + "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP + 14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all + capitals, as shown here. + +3. Action + + The IETF MUST NOT publish RFCs on the IETF Stream without + establishing IETF rough consensus for publication. + +4. Discussion + + The IETF procedures prior to publication of this BCP permitted such + informational or experimental publication without IETF rough + consensus. In 2007, the IESG issued a statement saying that no + document will be issued without first conducting an IETF Last Call + [IESG-STATE-AD]. While this apparently improved the situation, when + looking more closely, it made it worse. Rather than publishing + documents without verifying that there is rough consensus, as the + wording in [RFC2026] suggests, this had the IESG explicitly + publishing documents on the IETF Stream that have failed to achieve + rough consensus. + + One could argue that there is a need for publishing some documents + that the community cannot agree on. However, we have an explicit + path for such publication, namely the Independent Stream. Or, for + research documents, the IRTF Stream, which explicitly publishes + minority opinion Informational RFCs. + +5. IANA Considerations + + This document has no IANA actions. + +6. Security Considerations + + This document introduces no new security considerations. It is a + process document about changes to the rules for certain corner cases + in publishing IETF Stream RFCs. However, this procedure will prevent + publication of IETF Stream documents that have not reached rough + consensus about their security aspects, thus potentially improving + security aspects of IETF Stream documents. + +7. Normative References + + [RFC2026] Bradner, S., "The Internet Standards Process -- Revision + 3", BCP 9, RFC 2026, DOI 10.17487/RFC2026, October 1996, + <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2026>. + + [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate + Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, + DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997, + <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>. + + [RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC + 2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174, + May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>. + +8. Informative References + + [IESG-STATE-AD] + IESG, "Guidance on Area Director Sponsoring of Documents", + IESG Statement, March 2007, + <https://ietf.org/about/groups/iesg/statements/area- + director-sponsoring-documents/>. + +Authors' Addresses + + Joel Halpern (editor) + Ericsson + P.O. Box 6049 + Leesburg, VA 20178 + United States of America + + Email: joel.halpern@ericsson.com + + + Eric Rescorla (editor) + Mozilla + 331 E. Evelyn Ave. + Mountain View, CA 94101 + United States of America + + Email: ekr@rtfm.com |