IPP> Should we do a PWG IPP/1.2 standard?

IPP> Should we do a PWG IPP/1.2 standard?

Zehler, Peter PZehler at crt.xerox.com
Mon Apr 28 15:27:49 EDT 2003


Carl-Uno,

At this time I see no reason to bump the major version number.  If we
determine that there are on-the-wire incompatibilities with IPP 1.1 I would
have no objection to bumping the major number.  I strongly object to bumping
the major number simply for political or cosmetic purposes.  As of yet all
the extensions to IPP are simple extensions and utilize standard IPP
mechanisms for negotiation and graceful declination of unsupported features.
Let's keep IPP's interoperable not only for low and high end implementations
but also for version interoperability.

Pete

-----Original Message-----
From: Carl [mailto:carl at manros.com]
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 3:10 PM
To: Zehler, Peter; 'McDonald, Ira'; ipp at pwg.org
Subject: RE: IPP> Should we do a PWG IPP/1.2 standard?


OK Peter I hear you laud and clear,

but maybe the PWG should give it a new major revision number, to clearly
distinguish it from the published IETF RFCs, especilly if you intend to add
new required features, that were previously optional.

As IETF chair, I am getting increasingly concerned that the traffic on the
IETF IPP DL has little or nothing to do with IETF anymore...

Carl-Uno

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ipp at pwg.org [mailto:owner-ipp at pwg.org]On Behalf Of Zehler,
> Peter
> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 9:07 AM
> To: 'carl at manros.com'; Zehler, Peter; 'McDonald, Ira'; ipp at pwg.org
> Subject: RE: IPP> Should we do a PWG IPP/1.2 standard?
>
>
> Carl-Uno,
>
> What's an IETF?  My objective is to get something, other than an
> rfc on mail
> or evil bits in IP headers, published.  And I want to do it in a timely
> manner.  I do not have the luxury of waiting years for our pleads with the
> IETF to be heard.   The IETF appears to have little interest in addressing
> the boring subject of printing even though that it is a major source of
> support calls from real users.
>
> I want to reach consensus and demonstrate interoperable implementations
> before I worry about how long, or if, the IETF will take to move this
> standard forward.
>
> Pete
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl [mailto:carl at manros.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 11:08 AM
> To: Zehler, Peter; 'McDonald, Ira'; ipp at pwg.org
> Subject: RE: IPP> Should we do a PWG IPP/1.2 standard?
>
>
> Peter,
>
> When you talk about an IPP/1.2 spec are you expecting that to be published
> by the IETF?
>
> If so, should we plan to hold an IPP WG meeting in the next IETF Meeting
> (Vienna in July)?
>
> Carl-Uno
>
> Carl-Uno Manros
> 700 Carnegie Street #3724
> Henderson, NV 89052, USA
> Tel +1-702-617-9414
> Fax +1-702-617-9417
> Mob +1-702-525-0727
> Email carl at manros.com
> Web    www.manros.com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-ipp at pwg.org [mailto:owner-ipp at pwg.org]On Behalf Of Zehler,
> > Peter
> > Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 4:47 AM
> > To: 'McDonald, Ira'; 'ipp at pwg.org'
> > Subject: RE: IPP> Should we do a PWG IPP/1.2 standard?
> >
> >
> > All,
> >
> > I think an IPP v1.2 would be a good idea.  It would give us an
> opportunity
> > to collect all the extensions into a single document.  (A one
> > stop shop for
> > IPP as opposed to about 1500 pages spread over some 28 documents)  This
> > would also give us an opportunity for another Bake-Off.  We have
> > done a very
> > good job on interoperability on the core specs.  I am unsure
> > about the level
> > interoperability of the various extensions.  I know some
> problems already
> > exist.
> >
> > Pete
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: McDonald, Ira [mailto:imcdonald at sharplabs.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 5:51 PM
> > To: 'ipp at pwg.org'
> > Subject: IPP> Should we do a PWG IPP/1.2 standard?
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Dennis Carney (IBM) recently observed that the IPP Document Object
> > spec was starting to sound a lot like "IPP/1.2".  Below, Michael
> > Sweet (CUPS) again raises the possibility of an "IPP.1.2".
> >
> > Is this a worthwhile idea?
> >
> > _If_ there was at least one other editor who was MS Word literate
> > (Dennis Carney, Tom Hastings, ...?), I would volunteer to collaborate
> > on writing an "IPP/1.2" spec with new significantly higher REQUIRED
> > features that consisted entirely (or almost entirely) of pointers to
> > the definitions of operations, objects, and attributes in the over 30
> > documents (IETF and IEEE/ISTO) that currently specify parts of IPP.
> >
> > Any takers?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > - Ira McDonald
> >   High North Inc
> >
> >
> > ----- Excerpt ------
> >
> > Michael Sweet wrote:
> > >Hastings, Tom N wrote:
> > >> ...
> > >> 1. DEPRECATE the way a client can close a Job by supplying an empty
> > >
> > >Hmm, knowing that people are busy, etc., what are the chances that
> > >we do an IPP/1.2 specification based upon the current 1.1 docs +
> > >the common extensions (collections, notifications?, job-and-printer
> > >ops, plus the document object stuff)?
> > >
> > >This is another extension which is pointing to an IPP/1.2 version
> > >bump - deprecating operations is something that should be reserved
> > >for new versions, since otherwise you might not have at least 1
> > >version to provide a transition period...
> > >
> >
>




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