eap Mailing List: Re: hopefully final changes for draft-ietf-eap-keying

[Jari Arkko (jari.arkko]

No apology needed, I didn't even realize you were critizing
me! We need you and everyone else reacting on proposals
and issues; this is much appreciated -- thanks.

The window on changes is closed for new issues unless
they are truly dramatic problems. I would also not like
to re-open discussions that were held either earlier in
the WG and closed, or discussions that were resolved in
RFC 4962 publication process. Talking to Sam I understood
that the derived key issue had been discussed there
as well.

But the WG definitely needs to be OK with changes that
we are doing for the sake of resolving Discusses. That being
said, I would strongly encourage the working group to attempt
to move forward in a way that does not lead to a deadlock.
This particular document has been in the process for
over four years. There is a good chance that if it will not
get done now, it will never be done. There are things
that we could improve in the document, but I think the
world is a better place with this document published
than without.

So, with regards to Sam's Discuss we still need to resolve it.
Are we closer to agreement now, and what do you Dan think
is needed?

Jari

Dan Harkins wrote:
>   I would like to apologize to anyone who thinks I was unfairly
> criticizing Jari. I wasn't and did not mean to make it sound like
> I was. I think I understand what's going on. I appreciate the
> effort he made to address other people's concerns and hope that
> the window on changes is not closed.
>
>   regards,
>
>   Dan.
>