[Members] the "Proposed" state in XEP-0001

[Peter Saint-Andre]

On 3/10/11 3:27 PM, Kurt Zeilenga wrote:
> 
> On Mar 10, 2011, at 2:19 PM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
> 
>> On 3/10/11 3:18 PM, Kurt Zeilenga wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Mar 10, 2011, at 2:13 PM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 3/10/11 3:12 PM, Kurt Zeilenga wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Mar 10, 2011, at 1:29 PM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I've effectively stopped using the "Proposed" state defined
>>>>>> in XEP-0001 (too many specs went into Proposed during Last
>>>>>> Call but had to be moved back to Experimental because the
>>>>>> authors needed to revise the XEP before the Council would
>>>>>> approve it, and sometimes they were in the Proposed state
>>>>>> for a long time). I wonder if we want to get rid of it
>>>>>> entirely...
>>>>> 
>>>>> +1
>>>>> 
>>>>> What about Reject?  The state digram shows the only way to
>>>>> Reject is via Proposed.
>>>> 
>>>> The Council hasn't moved anything to Rejected since 2002, and
>>>> then only at a single meeting.
>>> 
>>> I was more recently advised not to request progression to Draft
>>> until I was sure it would be approved else the XEP might get
>>> moved to Rejected and I'd have submit a new Proto-XEP...
>>> 
>>> If a XEP is not ready for Draft, I rather the council say
>>> "address X and Y at Experimental and then resubmit"...
>> 
>> Well, that happens nowadays because the Council needs to approve 
>> issuance of a Last Call. That has enabled us to avoid Rejected.
> 
> so far.
> 
> My point is that it clearly possible that a Last Call would get
> issued and then the Council learns something during that call that
> leads it to deny the request for progression.  If this were to
> happen, I think it would be generally for the document remain in the
> Experimental state (so the issues raised during Last Call can be
> addressed) then automatically be moved into a dead-end state
> (requiring the authors to submit a whole new XEP with largely the
> same content).

Right, and that's what happens now.

Peter

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Peter Saint-Andre
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