draft-huitema-rfc-eval-project has been presented for publication on the
Independent Submission's stream as an Informational RFC.
The document presents the author's research into the time taken to publish an
RFC from initial inception as an Internet-Draft up to publication. It then
tries to make some observations about where the time is spent and why.
This document was developed by an IAB member, but after discussion within the
IAB it was agreed that this represented an individual's research and opinions
and should not be published as an IAB RFC. Since the work clearly concerns the
IETF, it falls within the scope of the Independent Submission's stream.
The ISE commissioned a number of reviews as well as commenting on the document
himself. Much of the discussion centred around the validity of the statistics
used and whether any firm conclusions could be drawn. The author updated the
document to recognise the limitations of small samples, and to note that the
conclusions were personal opinions. Indeed, the author has been highly
accommodating of all suggestions for improving the document except that of
widening the survey (which would have been considerable additional work.
There are no requests for IANA action.