Re: Status of draft-ietf-6man-lineid

Bob,
      I agree that there is consensus to move this forward as PS.  There 
will be an IETF Last Call for the draft as a PS started after Vancouver.

Regards,
Brian

On 7/26/12 7:47 PM, Bob Hinden wrote:
> Brian,
>
> In the two plus weeks since you sent this, I saw one email in support
> and none is opposition.  Given the lack of objections to publishing
> this as a Proposed Standard, I think OK to go forward as a PS.
>
> Bob
>
> On Jul 9, 2012, at 5:36 PM, Brian Haberman wrote:
>
>> All, During the IESG discussion of draft-ietf-6man-lineid, the
>> question was raised as to its appropriate status.  The WG decided
>> to advance the draft as Experimental since it had documented
>> limitations and was targeted to a limited deployment scenario.
>> Several ADs raised the issue that the above reasons do not
>> necessarily make the draft inappropriate for Proposed Standard, To
>> quote feedback from one of the ADs (Barry Leiba):
>>
>>
>> "If the limitations are clearly documented and if that document can
>> be used to target implementations correctly, then I think PS is
>> completely appropriate.  If experimentation is needed to
>> *determine* the limitations, or to determine how to implement the
>> specification to as not to interfere with inapplicable situations,
>> then Experimental is best."
>>
>>
>> In my view, there is a clear understanding of what the limitations
>> of this approach are and they can be clearly defined in an
>> applicability statement within the draft.  Additionally, we know
>> the deployment scenario (N:1 VLAN usage in broadband networks)
>> where this approach will be used.
>>
>> My question is whether there is opposition or support within the
>> community to move the document to Proposed Standard as long as
>> there is a sufficient applicability statement included in the
>> draft.  Please provide feedback to the mailing list (and the cc:'ed
>> ADs) on this proposed change.
>>
>> Regards, Brian
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