Re: [Idr] Early allocation for wide communities [was: Re: BGP Attribute for Large communities (Attribute 30) was squatted on - Let's get a new attribute number (1 week WG call (10/18 to 10/25)]

Job Snijders <job@ntt.net> Tue, 18 October 2016 18:06 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Idr] Early allocation for wide communities [was: Re: BGP Attribute for Large communities (Attribute 30) was squatted on - Let's get a new attribute number (1 week WG call (10/18 to 10/25)]
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On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 01:25:25PM -0400, John G. Scudder wrote:
>    c.  The specifications of these code points must be stable; i.e., if
>        there is a change, implementations based on the earlier and later
>        specifications must be seamlessly interoperable.
> 
> I am not sure this is true. Is it? 

I do not believe that to be true.

Kind regards,

Job