Re: [Idr] 2 week working group LC for draft-ietf-idr-add-paths-guidelines-07.txt (12/10 to 12/24)

John Leslie <john@jlc.net> Mon, 05 January 2015 21:22 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Idr] 2 week working group LC for draft-ietf-idr-add-paths-guidelines-07.txt (12/10 to 12/24)
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Simpson, Adam (Adam) <adam.simpson@alcatel-lucent.com> wrote:
> 
> This draft was originally intended to be informational but the desire
> to standardize at least one common path selection algorithm across all
> implementations caused us to reconsider whether this should really be
> standards track. I think we would still welcome input on this point.

   Since you ask...

   I think the draft would be very useful as Informational; but it feels
a bit shy of the mark for Standards Track.

   I really can't find an explanation of why the four choices were chosen
for MANDATORY and OPTIONAL. I also doubt that "advertise-N" choice must
be limited to N==2.

   IMHO, this draft is not ready to publish as Proposed-Standard; and I
don't see an imminent justification for the additional work to make it
ready to publish on the Standards track.

   Obviously, YMMV...

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John Leslie <john@jlc.net>