RE: Concensus Call on Urgent Pointer

[Scott Bradner <sob@harvard.edu>]

> As this is not within the IPS charter, details being discussed 
> here even for changes found compatible if viewed at the wire should be
> tasked to the group responsible for TCP. 

not just "on the wire" but anything which proposes to modify TCP behavior
or even "just" assumes a non-standard TCP behavior must be discussed on 
the end-to-end-interest list (there is no speciic current
working group that deals with TCP but the end-to-end-interest list is the 
traditional place to talk about TCP

We have asked the WG chairs to put together a clear message to
post to that list to start the discussion

the list subscription is end2end-interest-request@isi.edu

note: the transport ADs and the IESG are unlikely to accept a proposal that
assumes an unproven TCP behavior without strong acceptance from
the community that has been watching over TCP for years.  The
end2end-interest mailing list is the right way to engage that community.

Scott & Allison