Re: Deprecating IPv6 (Re: draft-bourbaki-6man-classless-ipv6-00)

[Job Snijders <[e-mail]>]

On Sat, Jun 03, 2017 at 03:15:52PM +0200, Carsten Bormann wrote:
> On Jun 3, 2017, at 12:45, Simon Hobson <[e-mail]> wrote:
> > unlearning and relearning
> 
> Reminds me of the story where a kid learns how to roast a duck and the
> mother explains that to roast a duck, you have to cut off a bit at the
> ends before roasting.  Kid asked ma why, and she didn’t know; her
> grandma had always told her so.  Long story compressed, it turned out
> grand-grandma had an oven that was too short for a whole duck, and the
> cutting routine survived through the family even though today’s ovens
> are larger.
> 
> But the whole discussion here is backwards, because we stopped cutting
> our ducks a long time ago.  Changing the established IPv6 operational
> practices so they look more like duck-cutting for IPv4 doesn’t make
> sense.

I too have a story: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The fairy tale's
lesson is that it's OK to make mistakes; just make sure you learn from
them.

When the wicked step-mother offered Snow White the silver IP protocol
for her corset, Snow White quickly realised it was a mistake when it
magically tightened at the /64 boundary, restricting her breathing.
Luckily Grumpy [draft-bourbaki-6man-classless-ipv6] got scissors and was
able to cut the laces. The color quickly came back to Snow White's face.

However, it should be noted that Snow White still bought the poison
apple the following day! So let's not be like Snow White.

Back to the topic: Nobody is talking about deprecation of IPv6, it is
insincere to pretend we are. We're improving an aspect of the
specification to further the adoption and deployment of IPv6.

Kind regards,

Job