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Re: Detailed review of Significance of IPv6 Interface Identifiers

Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Tue, 03 September 2013 23:07 UTC

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Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 11:07:07 +1200
From: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Detailed review of Significance of IPv6 Interface Identifiers
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Ran,

On 04/09/2013 10:38, Ran Atkinson wrote:
> I'd like to see Ray Hunter's proposed text added
> to the I-D, rather than being summarised.

The authors will of course do whatever the WG wants on this.
However, we also have a query out to the IEEE 802.1 liaison,
so it make sense to wait for that.

    Brian

> 
> I find the detail quite useful.  Honestly, it is a more clear
> justification/motivation for this significant specification 
> change than anything else I've yet seen.  So I believe that 
> most other readers also would find that detail useful.
> 
> In short, I disagree with Brian's inclination to summarise
> Ray's text, rather than include it, and I concur with Ray
> Hunter's proposal.
> 
> Yours,
> 
> Ran
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