Re: insight on mib I-D time in rfc-editor queue

["C. M. Heard" <heard@pobox.com>]

On Wed, 11 Feb 2004, Kevin Lingle wrote:
> i'm curious about experience mib I-D authors
> out there have had on how long it takes to
> navigate a mib draft through the rfc review
> process.   what's your experience on how long
> this process takes?

For the WIS MIB (RFC 3637) the time line was like
this:

- discussion of competing individual submissions
in the July-Aug 2001 time frame;

- first design team internal draft 3 September 2001;

- WG draft corresponding to approved IEEE spec
submitted for publication May 2002;

- RFC 3637 published 23 Sept 2003 (announced 1 Oct 2003)
 
> at one point, someone had told me to expect 2-3
> months.   not sure how valid that timeframe is.

Heh.

> i'm sure the size of the mib draft is a factor,
> so please give some general references to size
> of mibs if possible along with your experience.

As you can see from yourself by looking at RFC 3637,
the ETHER-WIS MIB is relatively small.

> are there any insights into how to expedite
> the process?   what kinds of impedances have
> you encountered and how did you overcome them?

A length wait for AD review was one source of delay
in this case;  another factor was dependency on
other documents as normative references.  These
delays were driven by the workload of the individuals
involved, so it was not really possible to do much
about them.

However, one thing that I can guarantee will cause
delays is a failure to follow the guidelines for
MIB authors and reviewers.  See this draft

draft-ietf-ops-mib-review-guidelines-02.txt

and look at the other stuff on the OPS area web site

http://www.ops.ietf.org/

Mike Heard