> On Apr 15, 2026, at 19:09, Michael McBride <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> The intent is to document observed behavior and its consequences and to 
> provide operational guidance. The references to prepending beyond 5 ASNs 
> reflect commonly observed practice and outcomes rather than a hard threshold. 
> 
> If there isn't consensus to publish as a BCP perhaps we should move it to 
> Informational.

I'm generally supportive of publication.  I'm ambivalent about the status of 
the document.  IMO, whatever lets the document advance past the IESG quibbling 
on the point.

The core value of the document, in my opinion, is that it discusses an 
operational reality that isn't otherwise covered by the normative BGP protocol 
RFCs.  Namely, that prepending is helpful for traffic engineering but that if 
you do too much of it, there are gotchas.  And this is where I'd lend my 
support for this to the IESG come evaluation time.  

The fact that the document can be distilled down to a few key points and the 
rest is explainer text is just a side effect of how it's evolved.

-- Jeff

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