Re: SIP now IPv6

[Dan Lynch <[e-mail]>]

        Reply to:   RE>>SIP now IPv6 

My, oh, my.  Is there any emotion here?  If we are going to hand out version
numbers of IP to accomodate testing (a darn good idea) then we have one little
matter to deal with.  The "public" has been told that the next new official
version of IP will be called Version 7.  If SIP is 6, andn others are to
experiment, then there will be numbers above 7 that are not going to outlast
the "official" verion.  I suggest that we pick a new number (when it naturally
happens) that denotes the new official IP.  And not have it be 7.  Having
numbers above the official number will confuse the marketplace.  I also suggest
we "bury" the number 7 for this purpose.   (Danny Cohen would have a lot to say
about the meaning of this...)


sounds dumb and picky, but the public view is important.

Dan

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Date: 12/24/92 1:38 AM
To: Dan Lynch
From: Christian Huitema
Jon,

I don't think there is any misunderstanding there. The SIP WG is well
aware of the experimental nature of its work. We needed the offical
assignment for avoiding collisions with other experiments during the next
months, we got it, and things are just fine. 

I don't think any member of the WG took the assignment of a version
number for experimental purposes as an indication that SIP was now
"officially blessed".

Christian Huitema

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