* Robert Drake <rdr...@direcpath.com> [2014-05-08 06:02]: > On 5/7/2014 9:47 PM, Rob Seastrom wrote: > Now, the bar for an informational RFC is pretty low. Especially for people > who have written them before. Those people seem to think one is needed in > this case so they might want to get started writing it. Then patches to the > man pages covering the past issues can be added to document things, and a > patch can be issued with the new OUI, ethertype, or port number, whichever > the RFC decides to go for.
spot on. but apparently nanog is just about whining for the sake of whining. > >Must be a pretty horrible existence ("I pity the fool"?) to live on > >donated resources but lack the creativity to figure out a way to run a > >special fund raiser for an amount worthy of a Scout troop bake sale. > >Makes you wonder what the OpenBSD project could accomplish if they had > >smart people who could get along with others to the point of shaking > >them down for tax-deductible donations, doesn't it? > The money could also be donated by parties interested in solutions. again, spot on. > Open source is about people finding a problem and fixing it for their own > benefit then giving the fix away to the community for everyone's benefit. I > know in the past the OpenBSD community has been harsh with outsiders who > submit patches. I honestly expect the same response in this case, > especially because of the underlying drama associated with it, but without > trying first it just seems like the network community is whining without > being helpful at all. I think we are pretty damn open for patches from outside. And I have said it before, if somebody does the work and gives us a mac addr range to use without unreasonable terms and conditions attached, we'll almost certainly use it. Chances increased if it is a full patch with code for the transition period. Sorry, doesn't fit nanog, since that would require work instead of just whining and bitching. -- Henning Brauer, h...@bsws.de, henn...@openbsd.org BS Web Services GmbH, AG Hamburg HRB 128289, http://bsws.de Full-Service ISP - Secure Hosting, Mail and DNS Services Dedicated Servers, Rootservers, VMs/PVS, Application Hosting