Re: Introducing draft-6man-addresspartnaming

[Richard Hartmann <[e-mail]>]

On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 03:54, Karl Auer <[e-mail]> wrote:

> "hextet" - oh dear. Were there really no better suggestions than quibble
> and hextet?

If you look at -02 of the initial draft, you will find a full list.
Googling for the name of the ID will bring up a lot of discussions on
various related lists. Finally, hextet and quibble came out _far_
ahead of all other options. FWIW, hextet is the short form of
hexadectet.


> However, "field" is even better.

Field is overloaded and not unique. If anything you would have to say
"IPv6 field" which is bulky and context-sensitive.


> An invented word, unless it has the same quirky, geeky humor of "byte"
> and "nibble", is most unlikely to be generally adopted.

Why? It's a unique identifier without pre-existing meaning in the
relevant context.


> Definitely "SHOULD", not "MUST". People will say what they say.

The MUST refers to written documentation. This might or might not
change depending on feedback.


> I confess I thought at first you might be joking....

I assure you I am not.

In somewhat unrelated news, "Karl Auer" is a famous persona of a
German comedian. I doubt you named yourself after him, but I always
wondered and context is fitting, atm.


Thanks for your feedback,
Richard