[dhcwg] WGLC on draft-ietf-dhc-v4configuration-04 - respond by Jan. 31

[Tomek Mrugalski <[e-mail]>]

Folks,

Authors and chairs feel that draft-ietf-dhc-v4configuration-04
(http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-dhc-v4configuration/) is
ready for WGLC. Please post your comment by end of January.

If you support this draft moving forward, please say so. If you object
this draft moving forward, please explain your concerns. Please limit
your posts to technical comments and skip your personal preferences. "I
like the other solution better" is not a technical comment.

Please note that:
- Softwires WG is expecting an answer from DHC WG on how to configure
IPv4 devices in IPv6-only networks. We should answer that question.

- There is a temptation to sneak in certain A+P pieces here. We must not
do that. This is related, but a different problem. Let's solve one issue
at a time.

- -04 features an update that is a result of some off the list
discussions. In essence, the addition is "if possible, use native DHCPv4
without modifications. If not, here's what DHC recommends:
DHCPv4-over-DHCPv6".

With my DHC chair hat off, I'd like to ask you to do your best to not
reopen the discussion of solution X being marginally better over Y in
scenario Z. Yes, we can keep coming up with new metrics that would prove
whatever metric inventor wants to prove. But that will lead us nowhere.
There is probably no single solution that will be the best in every
possible deployment scenario. We discussed that for over a year (much
more if you take into account Softwire discussions). It's a high time to
wrap things up here and move on.

Bernie & Tomek