RE: WG dcoument status

["Wijnen, Bert (Bert)" <bwijnen@lucent.com>]

> A process question:
> 
> The signaling drafts currently make reference to a lot of
> Internet-Drafts.  Specifically:
>   draft-ietf-mpls-generalized-signaling-07.txt has 11 I-D references
>   draft-ietf-mpls-generalized-rsvp-te-06.txt has 7 I-D references
>   draft-ietf-mpls-generalized-cr-ldp-05 has 7 I-D references
> 
> Since these cannot be included in a final RFC, should the signaling
> drafts drop the reference and incorporate the text from the refered
> document?  If not, then shouldn't both the signalling and referenced
> drafts be progressed at one time?
> 
> To progress the signaling drafts with normative references to 
> something that is still under development seems inappropriate...
> 
After IESG approval, they will stay "pending for normative references"
if any of those references are not yet approved.
It would be WRONG to copy pieces of text from other documents into these
GMPLS docs just so they can advance. If we have normative references,
then we better make sure and helpt to get those other I-Ds completed
and approved as well.

By the way, the RFC-Editor wants references split in normative and
informative these days, see :

  http://www.rfc-editor.org/policy.html

which talks about this if you scroll down a bit.

Bert