Followup Conclusion of the Adoption Call for "The IPv6 Compact Routing Header (CRH)"

[Bob Hinden <[e-mail]>]

Since we sent this message the Spring w.g. has created a design team to work on clarifying the SR over
IPv6 compression solutions.  See:

  https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/spring/uL5cLEufipmlQQ_w3VZvb-pznd4

The chairs have reached an impasse on the adoption of this draft.  Bob thinks that the draft meets the criteria for adoption (that is, there is enough interest in the problem and no serious technical objections were raised that couldn’t be resolved), while Ole thinks the inter-area issues need to be resolved first and it is better to wait until the Spring design team reaches some technical conclusions before making an adoption decision.   We do agree that there is nothing close to a consensus that would be required for later advancement.  Our split is similar to what we saw on the mailing list regarding the call for adoption.  Not an ideal solution, but it is where we are.

We are deferring the adoption conclusion until after the Spring design team has produced some technical output.

The draft will remain an individual draft.   We will revisit its status after the Spring Design Team has progressed.

Bob & Ole


> On May 29, 2020, at 1:32 PM, Bob Hinden <[e-mail]> wrote:
> 
> This email concludes the adoption call on "The IPv6 Compact Routing Header (CRH)”.
> 
> There have been requests to contact the Routing ADs on this topic, this has been started via our Internet ADs.
> 
> The chairs and ADs will spend the next few weeks reviewing the responses and make a decision on adoption.
> 
> This has been a very heated discussion with several instances of non-constructive behaviour.   Please exercise restraint on future posts.  We note that it doesn’t help to repeat the same thing multiple times or respond to every email.
> 
> Bob & Ole
> 
> 
>> On May 15, 2020, at 3:13 PM, Bob Hinden <[e-mail]> wrote:
>> 
>> This message starts a two-week 6MAN call on adopting:
>> 
>> Title:          The IPv6 Compact Routing Header (CRH)
>> Authors:        R. Bonica, Y. Kamite, T. Niwa, A. Alston, L. Jalil
>> File Name:      draft-bonica-6man-comp-rtg-hdr-21
>> Document date:  2020-05-14
>> 
>> https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-bonica-6man-comp-rtg-hdr
>> 
>> as a working group item. Substantive comments regarding adopting this document should be directed to the mailing list.  Editorial suggestions can be sent to the authors.
>> 
>> Please note that this is an adoption call, it is not a w.g. last call for advancement, adoption means that it will become a w.g. draft.  As the working group document, the w.g. will decide how the document should change going forward.
>> 
>> This adoption call will end on 29 May 2020.
>> 
>> The chairs note there has been a lot of discussions on the list about this draft.   After discussing with our area directors, we think it is appropriate to start a working group adoption call.  The authors have been active in resolving issues raised on the list.
>> 
>> Could those who are willing to work on this document, either as contributors, authors or reviewers please notify the list.   That gives us an indication of the energy level in the working group
>> to work on this.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Bob and Ole
>> 
>> 
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