[dhcwg] WG Adoption Call draft-kinnear-dhc-dhcpv4-active-leasequery-02 - Adopted

[Tomek Mrugalski <[e-mail]>]

On 04.12.2013, 17:46, Bernie Volz (volz) wrote:
> Hi all:
> 
> This is a WG Call for Adoption for
> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-kinnear-dhc-dhcpv4-active-leasequery-02.
> This call is being initiated to determine whether there is WG
> consensus to adopt this work as DHC WG item. Please state whether or
> not you're in favor of the adoption by replying to this mail. If you
> are not in favor, please also state your objections in your response.
> This adoption call will complete on December 18, 2013.

With my chair hat off, I do not support this work. It is not that I'm
objecting it, either. I would count my vote as abstain. Personally I
thought that having active leasequery standardized for v6 only would be
another (small) incentive to migrate to IPv6. But the reality, as
Mathias nicely described it, is that for the foreseeable future, we will
have v4-only and dual-stack networks and people who intend to deploy
active leasequery will need it for both protocols. So since the v6 draft
is moving forward and the work needed to make its v4 counterpart is
minimal, I suppose it is ok to define the same capability for both
protocols.

With my chair hat on:
As Bernie is co-author of this work, I had to assess this adoption call
on my own. There is support for doing this work, but it is somewhat
smaller than for its v6 counter-part. There were quite a few people
supporting this draft, but many of them were directly or indirectly
involved in the work. There was noone objecting that work.

I made a decision to adopt this work. The draft passed adoption call.
But I wanted to make it clear: the level of support expressed is
disappointing and it will not be sufficient to pass WGLC. If you (the
generic you, I'm addressing all WG participants here) are interested in
moving this work forward, please be more active.

Authors, please upload this draft as WG item.

Tomek