On 10/9/17 3:22 AM, Stewart Bryant wrote: > > Whilst I have no opinion on this technical proposal, I do think that the > IETF needs to support the ability to discuss and develop ideas that are > not mainstream.
I do, as well, and there are certainly examples of protocols that, er, weren't well-received when the first drafts were published. I don't think that's entirely the issue here - the argument behind the proposal is incoherent, the author is abusing the mailing list, and he seems reluctant to take it off the mailing list and work on it. It's probably worth noting that the fellow with the proposal to expand the IPv4 address space by using octets with values from 256-999, and who kept updating his draft, caused far less disruption. Out-of-the-mainstream, or even wrong, proposals aren't a problem per se, and certainly not the problem here. Melinda
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