- From: Jim Whitehead <ejw@cs.ucsc.edu>
- Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 10:17:22 -0800
- To: <w3c-dist-auth@w3.org>
> > Otherwise any individual can effectively block progress in any spec. > > Not really. I don't consider the particular state of an issue > entered on BugZilla of any relevance on the process, unless > there is working group consensus that this is the case. Reopening an issue in Bugzilla indicates that there is not *exact* consensus on an issue. However, IETF rules only require *rough* consensus. While IETF rules only discuss entire specifications, and not individual issues, it does seem reasonable to use rough consensus as the yardstick for determining how to proceed on individual issues. One implication of this is that an individual cannot block progress on a specification in this way. That all said, I'll note that I just reopened the same issue, and even though there are several thousand kilometers separating me from Julian, I think I can still hear his cries of anguish :-) (FWIW, I do have technical concerns here, I didn't reopen just to be moot). - Jim
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