Hi all, actually I'd argue the opposite (as I already did at AP during RIPE89: https://ripe89.ripe.net/wp-content/uploads/presentations/83-ripe-89-address-policy.pdf I think discussions in AP over the last years have shown that our current set of policies is now so hard to have a common understanding about and so hard to actually produce updates for, that I think we'd do very well to go and turn our current policy stack, how the NCC interprets those policies, the NWIs, and an all-over harmonisation of terms into a single consistent policy manual, ARIN style. It would also help us to finally get an actual definition of 'assignment' in the IPv6 context.
If it's not feasible at this point to do a rewrite, waiting longer will certainly not make matters better. The observation that even minor changes have a chance to cause a major ripple in the reading of our current policy set demonstrates the predicament we're in. If seasoned policy experts have trouble getting this right at this point, how can we expect any newcomers to make a contribution? Kind regards Remco > On 8 Sep 2026, at 14:40, James Kennedy via address-policy-wg > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> As a general comment, >> my inclination would either be to do a complete top-down rewrite of >> specific documents, or else approach rewrites with changes only to small >> areas. Otherwise you end up with the risk of minor changes derailing >> other, and potentially more important, changes. > > I tend to favour the latter. A complete top-down rewrite of RIPE policy > documents sounds tempting but I'm not sure how feasible that would be in > practice. > > Either way, even minor changes must have their impact on existing policies > properly identified and taken into account. On mitigating the risk of > derailing other ongoing changes, I trust the WG chairs to coordinate that > with the proposers :) > > Best, > James > > > From: Nick Hilliard <[email protected]> > To: "Marco Schmidt"<[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected]"<[email protected]> > Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2026 11:05:53 +0100 > Subject: [address-policy-wg] Re: Feedback for potential policy proposal on > IPv6 > >> Marco Schmidt wrote on 08/09/2026 06:07: >>> The main points I raised were the lack of a general reference to the >>> audit procedure in the IPv6 policy, and the wording of the section >>> dealing with policy compliance and non-compliance, which has remained >>> unchanged since 2002 and might be difficult to understand without the >>> historical context. >> >> for sure, the existing section of policy that you quoted is not well >> written and doesn't look like it reflects how ipv6 address resources are >> handled. It would benefit from a rewrite. >> >> In terms of other RIPE policy document changes, there's no shortage of >> material that could be improved: many of the documents are the product >> of organic growth, and show all the signs of it. As a general comment, >> my inclination would either be to do a complete top-down rewrite of >> specific documents, or else approach rewrites with changes only to small >> areas. Otherwise you end up with the risk of minor changes derailing >> other, and potentially more important, changes. >> >> Nick >> ----- >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list or change your subscription options, >> please visit: >> https://mailman.ripe.net/mailman3/lists/address-policy-wg.ripe.net/ >> As we have migrated to Mailman 3, you will need to create an account with >> the email matching your subscription before you can change your settings. >> More details at: https://www.ripe.net/membership/mail/mailman-3-migration/ >> > > > ----- > To unsubscribe from this mailing list or change your subscription options, > please visit: > https://mailman.ripe.net/mailman3/lists/address-policy-wg.ripe.net/ > As we have migrated to Mailman 3, you will need to create an account with the > email matching your subscription before you can change your settings. > More details at: https://www.ripe.net/membership/mail/mailman-3-migration/ ----- To unsubscribe from this mailing list or change your subscription options, please visit: https://mailman.ripe.net/mailman3/lists/address-policy-wg.ripe.net/ As we have migrated to Mailman 3, you will need to create an account with the email matching your subscription before you can change your settings. More details at: https://www.ripe.net/membership/mail/mailman-3-migration/
