On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Margaret Wasserman wrote: > At 10:08 PM 8/11/02 , Michel Py wrote: > >Here is what I propose so we don't bore this WG to death: > > > >In Atlanta, both kre and I get a 5-minute slot to present. > > It is much better to bore the WG to death on the mailing list than it > is to do it in person :-)/2.
Agree :-) > More seriously, there are three reasons why I don't think that this > is a good plan: > > - The WG is here, on the mailing list. Only a small portion > of the WG will be represented at the meeting in Atlanta. > - There is no reason to wait until November for a resolution > on this issue. Also agree, the second point most of all. We shouldn't be delaying address architecture if we can avoid that. > >Then we ask the following question to the floor: > > > >"Let's imagine that the 'u' bit does not exist. Do we remove the parts > >that mandate an address to be /64, or don't we". > > > >If the floor says that we toss the /64 boundary, my vote goes to > >suppress the 'u' bit so this can happen. If the floor says that we keep > >the /64 boundary, then my vote goes to keep the 'u' bit for the time > >being, as it does not harm anybody. > > There is no reason not to ask these questions here, on the mailing list. > The response we are looking for isn't a "vote", however... Sure, and it is a bit difficult to get a feel of consensus on an issue so many people are neutral about or ignorant of. > The current situation with the addressing architecture is that we have > established a consensus of the WG to make two changes to the document > (described in Bob's mail) and send it (back) to the IESG for consideration > as a draft standard. > > I have not seen a level of response to this thread that would lead me to > question that consensus. Have you? FWIW, I agree with Robert Elz's suggestions. Perhaps this question should be posed (with appropriate executive summary and a different topic) for the w.g. members to consider (for example a week or two would probably be enough). -- Pekka Savola "Tell me of difficulties surmounted, Netcore Oy not those you stumble over and fall" Systems. Networks. Security. -- Robert Jordan: A Crown of Swords -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
