Re: [hybi] method of allocation of reserved bits to extensions

[Patrick McManus <[e-mail]>]

I apologize for quoting from so deep in the archive, but the thread is
still, somewhat to my horror, active:

On Wed, 2011-04-27 at 21:16 -0400, John Tamplin wrote:
> We had this discussion during the framing discussion, and we couldn't
> reach consensus then.  So, instead we simply said that each extension
> defines how bits are to be interpreted.   That could mean the bits are
> statically allocated, or it could mean some negotiation scheme like
> what you propose.
> 
> I would be opposed to delaying the spec to try and get consensus on
> negotiating the usage of reserved bits into the base spec, since it
> can be just as easily postponed until the first extension that wants
> to make use of some reserved bit.
> 

I agree with everything John says above. Our AD has given strong
guidance to create a IANA registry to record this, and I think that
makes sense as well.