Re: disposition of draft-ietf-http-* internet drafts

Larry Masinter wrote:
> [...]
> I note that we cannot officially close until "HTTP State
> Management Mechanism" has been completed:
> 
>   "HTTP State Management Mechanism", D. Kristol, L. Montulli, 07/29/1998,
>   <draft-ietf-http-state-man-mec-10.txt,.ps>
> 
> is marked as awaiting an applicability statement, which I presume is:
> 
>   "Applicability Statement for HTTP State Management", Keith Moore,
>   11/23/1998, <draft-iesg-http-cookies-00.txt>
> 

Yes and no.  The applicability statement needs to be revised.  But the
real problem IMO is that state-man-mec is caught in IESG process hell,
with some current IESG members unhappy with wording that was accepted by
former IESG members.

Dave Kristol