Re: [Lsr] Dynamic Flooding on Dense Graphs - draft-ietf-lsr-dynamic-flooding

there should be a preso this ietf in rtg wg showing a framework that can be
used to evaluate such questions. if time permits (per Jeff). tony

On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 5:43 PM tom petch <ietfc@btconnect.com> wrote:

> From: Lsr <lsr-bounces@ietf.org> on behalf of Acee Lindem (acee) <acee=
> 40cisco.com@dmarc.ietf.org>
> Sent: 10 June 2022 15:10
>
> Initially, there was a lot interest and energy in reducing the flooding
> overhead in dense drafts. Now, it seems the interest and energy has waned.
> IMO, this draft contains some very valuable extensions to the IGPs. I
> discussed this with the editors and one suggestion was to go ahead and
> publish the draft as “Experimental”. However, before doing this I’d like to
> get the WG’s opinion on making it experimental rather standards track.
> Additionally, I know there were some prototype implementations. Have any of
> those been productized?
>
> <tp>
> The trouble with experimental is what happens next?  Does it stay
> experimental for ever or is there some assessment at some point when it
> becomes Standards Track?  What are the criteria?  I am not aware of an RFC
> describing such a process and the IPPM WG seemed uncertain what to do with
> RFC8321 and RFC8889 when such an issue arose.
>
> The shepherd report for 8321 said
> 'the measurement utility of this extension still is to be demonstrated at
> a variety of scales
>    in a plurality of network conditions'
> as the justification for experimental but did not state how that might
> later be demonstrated.
>
> Tom Petch
>
> Thanks,
> Acee
>
>
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