Re: Next steps for rfc6874bis

[Nick Hilliard <[e-mail]>]

Brian E Carpenter wrote on 01/08/2021 23:17:
> During the original discussion in 2012, and again recently, it
> was suggested to change the delimiter from "%" to something else.
> (The discussion in 2012 suggested "-", e.g. http://[fe80::abcd-en1].)
> This was rejected in 2012 because it "Requires all IPv6 address
> literal parsers and generators to be updated in order to allow
> simple cut and paste; inconsistent with existing tools and practice."
> 
> Do we want to revisit this?

Definitely, but can we deal with more tractable issues first, e.g. 
global warming, slaac vs dhcpv6, world peace, etc?

> Major issue:
> ============
> 
> Should it be fe00::abcd%25eth0 or fe80::%eth0 ?

 From the worm's-eye view, I'd prefer "%" instead of "%25". As you point 
out, we need input from the browser wonks this one, as it's largely 
their turf.

Nick