> "This 4/6 MAC issue was well documented in BCP128 back in 2007. The control-word drafts mentioned that there would be dragons related to 4 and 6 back in 2004."
This reminds me a little of what Mr. Prosser said to Arthur Dent in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy about the demolition notice for Arthur's house: "It was on display at the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying beware of the leopard."
You can't make the assumption that engineers will be able to keep all of this in their heads. The IEEE is not going to review every document and put together a compendium of bear traps awaiting them in the future, and they aren't going to review every historic document before every decision, either.
If the few that knew what would happen made an incorrect assumption of prior knowledge, then they dropped the ball in reminding those that needed to know.
Since nobody remembered, they should have just been informed of the mistake and a possible solution or assistance provided.
This reminds me a little of what Mr. Prosser said to Arthur Dent in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy about the demolition notice for Arthur's house: "It was on display at the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying beware of the leopard."
You can't make the assumption that engineers will be able to keep all of this in their heads. The IEEE is not going to review every document and put together a compendium of bear traps awaiting them in the future, and they aren't going to review every historic document before every decision, either.
If the few that knew what would happen made an incorrect assumption of prior knowledge, then they dropped the ball in reminding those that needed to know.
Since nobody remembered, they should have just been informed of the mistake and a possible solution or assistance provided.