[GROW] Comment on draft-manderson-grow-geomrt-00

[Jeffrey Haas <[e-mail]>]

I just got done re-reading this draft.  Upon review, I'm wondering if
instead of creating a new type that simply adding a new sub-type may be
more appropriate.

The current proposal effectively replaces the current PEER_INDEX_TABLE with
a new one that has the WGS84 records.  Consider instead that a new sub-type
table is defined which has a similar structure to the PEER_INDEX_TABLE.  It
would simply provide a matching augmentation of the PEER_INDEX_TABLE by
carrying the geo records.

This has the advantage that it requires fewer changes to existing
implementations.  In particular, it permits older MRT file readers to be
able to continue to parse the dump data.  Only the new geoip information
would be opaque.

-- Jeff