Re: [IPFIX] IPFIX at IETF 89, London

[Benoit Claise <[e-mail]>]

On 10/02/2014 02:32, Paul Aitken wrote:
> Nevil,
>
>> Hi Paul, Andrew and IPFIXers:
>>
>> Looking back at the IPFIX minutes for IETF-88 (Vancouver), we
>> said that "the WG will close when the current charter items are
>> complete."  The only remaining charter item is the MIB Variable
>> Export draft, current version is -03, 21 Oct 2013.  It's
>> disappointing that we haven't seen a revision of that draft in 2014;
>> when we have a new version, we should be able to start its WGLC.
>
> We're working on the next version.
>
>
>> Paul and Andrew were the only two who responded to my 2 Feb email.
>> Neither of the the two drafts they mentioned have been updated
>> since January 2014,
>
> Oh come on Nevil! One's dated Dec 27th, the other Dec 31st. How fresh 
> do they need to be?
>
> So I have these two drafts which I believe are important to IPFIX, and 
> an independent second-opinion concurs. How can these drafts be 
> progressed?
>
>
>> and there's been no discussion of them on the IPFIX list.
>
> I've presented these ideas in previous WG meetings, where the 
> consensus was to wait for the next re-charter.
Consensus, sure?
I checked the meeting minutes and I don't see that.
What I recall is that two different proposals were discussed 
(draft-aitken-ipfix-equivalent-ies and draft-inacio-ipfix-penie-00), 
with no clear winner.

Regards, Benoit

> I'm sure they've been discussed on-list too.
>
>
> P.
>
>
>> The same goes for the Cisco IEs draft, current version -09, 15 Jan 2014.
>>
>> Therefore, IPFIX will not hold a formal meeting in London, I'll
>> inform the secretariat that we're cancelling the IPFIX meeting.
>>
>> Going forward from this ...
>>
>> - of course we can have an informal get-together of IPFIX people
>>   in London - any volunteers to organise such a gathering?
>>
>> - the IPFIX mailing list will remain open for quite some time,
>>   please use it to discuss anything relevant to IPFIX
>>
>> Cheers, Nevil
>>
>>
>> On 3/02/14 11:39 PM, Paul Aitken wrote:
>>> Nevil,
>>>
>>> I updated a couple of drafts. If the WG is to close, then I'll be
>>> looking for a new home for these, because this is important work which
>>> does need addressed:
>>>
>>>
>>> aitken-ipfix-equivalent-ies
>>> <http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-aitken-ipfix-equivalent-ies>
>>>
>>>     This document specifies a method for an Exporter to inform a
>>>     Collector of equivalence between different Information Elements, so
>>>     that the Collecting Process can understand the equivalence and be
>>>     enabled to process data across a change of Information Elements,
>>>     which allows a seamless transition from Enterprise-specific to
>>>     IANA-standard elements.
>>>
>>> aitken-ipfix-unobserved-fields
>>> <http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-aitken-ipfix-unobserved-fields>
>>>
>>>     This draft discusses several methods for reporting when fields are
>>>     unavailable, reviews the advantages and disadvantage of each, and
>>>     recommends methods which should be used.
>>>     Cisco has already implemented some of the mechanisms in this draft.
>>>
>>>
>>> P.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 03/02/2014 08:08, Nevil Brownlee wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi IPFIXers:
>>>>
>>>> Back when session scheduling for IETF 89 started, I requested a
>>>> slot for IPFIX, "just in case."
>>>>
>>>> Since then the Link-Layer Attributes and Mediation Protocol drafts
>>>> have been sent to the RFC Editor, and the text-adt draft is in WGLC.
>>>>
>>>> We expect a new revision of the MIB Variable export draft shortly,
>>>> so that would be the only agenda item for London.  I feel that
>>>> version can be reviewed and discussed on the IPFIX list, so we
>>>> don't now need to have a formal IPFIX meeting in London.
>>>>
>>>> If you believe that a meeting is needed, please email the list
>>>> telling us what that is, and why we need meeting time for it.
>>>> If I don't see such email(s) within the next week, we'll cancel
>>>> the meeting.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers, Nevil
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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