Re: [mpls] "Traffic Management" (was Re: Poll on renaming of EXP field)

"David Allan" <dallan@nortel.com> Tue, 19 August 2008 19:18 UTC

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From: David Allan <dallan@nortel.com>
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No to CoS, yes to TMF....

Shakespeare was not an engineer...  ;-)

D 

-----Original Message-----
From: mpls-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:mpls-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of
Huub van Helvoort
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 3:13 PM
Cc: mpls@ietf.org
Subject: Re: [mpls] "Traffic Management" (was Re: Poll on renaming of
EXP field)

Shakespear already wrote:
" What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would
smell as sweet "

Cos or TMF (Traffic Management Field) or ....

Cheers, Huub.
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> Ditto.
> 
> No to CoS, Yes to TM...
> 
> /himanshu
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mpls-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:mpls-bounces@ietf.org]On Behalf 
>> Of John Kenney
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 2:32 PM
>> To: Francois Le Faucheur IMAP
>> Cc: mpls@ietf.org
>> Subject: Re: [mpls] "Traffic Management" (was Re: Poll on renaming of

>> EXP field)
>>
>>
>> My "No" vote is a vote in favor of "Traffic Management"
>>
>> Francois Le Faucheur IMAP wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Someone earlier suggested "Traffic Management". While it can most 
>>> certainly be argued this would not be a perfect name either
>> (or other
>>> names would be closer to "perfection"), is there a good
>> argument I am
>>> missing for why "COS" is obviously better (or more "good
>> enough") than
>>> "Traffic Management"? (considering we want to capture both Diffserv 
>>> and ECN/PCN use of EXP field)
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Francois
>>>
>>>
>>> On 18 Aug 2008, at 22:23, George Swallow wrote:
>>>
>>>> During the last call on "EXP field" renamed to  "CoS Field"
>>>> draft-ietf-mpls-cosfield-def-04.txt, there were comments on 
>>>> alternatives to the name COS.
>>>>
>>>> This message initiates a two week poll on whether the name COS is 
>>>> good enough, or if some other name is needed.  The poll closes
>>>> 23:59 Sept 1 GMT.
>>>>
>>>> Please answer with a simple yes or no.  You may send any
>> additional
>>>> comment
>>>> in a separate message (with a different subject line).
>>>>
>>>> ...George
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