>Don .. In your estimation what needs to be done to IPP?
I don't have a list of what needs to be done. My crystal ball is cloudy
>All I can say it that the IPP WG should make no decisions on the protocol
>based on what may or may not happen with HI-FI DOCS. It is a BOF, an idea.
>We have already had one tif over TIFF on this list and I see no reason to
>repeat that.
Not my intent.
>If you believe that a couple of more months are necessary to review, for
>instance , the 2nd bake off results then that seems a reasonable position,
>but Larry Masinter is correct. IPP has had a lot of work invested in it
>and sometimes its time to take to protocol to market. It has been my
>experience that most vendors are highly reluctant to ship product in the
>absence of Draft Standard status. We have certainly seen that in the FAX WG.
Review and a little operational experience are all I am suggesting. One and
only one company in the IPP group has expressed ANY reservation about
implementing an "Experimental" or "Informational" IPP specification.
>Some things can be over-engineered and lord knows some IETF WG's seem to go
>on forever.
I propose no changes, no overengineering. I just want a few months to make sure
we've done a good job and we haven't boxed ourselves into a corner
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