Re: draft-ietf-6man-slaac-renum: Recommended lifetimes for ND options

Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com> Thu, 09 June 2022 21:30 UTC

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From: Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com>
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2022 17:29:24 -0400
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Subject: Re: draft-ietf-6man-slaac-renum: Recommended lifetimes for ND options
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On Thu, Jun 9, 2022 at 5:26 PM Fernando Gont <fgont@si6networks.com> wrote:

> > You're using the passive voice, which makes it read ambiguous, and the
> > way I read it is that you're saying how these values are updated in the
> > protocol, rather than updating the defaults.
>
> Ooops.. you're right -- on a second read, and since you've mentioned it,
> I see your point (maybe part of the problem was "English as second
> language" here)
>

Naw, passive voice sounds very academic, so it's pretty common among native
speakers in that milieu as well. :)


> P.S.: Ant preference between the current "parametrized" definition vs. a

hardcoded number?


You should do both. Maybe put it in a table—this is pretty common in other
specifications. Columns would be name, and numerical value. You could keep
the current text to explain the derivation.