Re: WGLC for BFD Multipoint documents (ending July 14, 2017)

[Jeffrey Haas <[e-mail]>]

Working Group,

We've received some good feedback for Santosh to include in the next
revision of the documents and likely have enough discussion to move them
forward in the publication process.

At this point, we are waiting for targeted review from ALU/Nokia who
actually has an implementation of the base multipoint spec.  Once we've
received that review, we can continue in our deliberations.

-- Jeff

On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 03:39:29PM -0400, Jeffrey Haas wrote:
> Working Group,
> 
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-bfd-multipoint-10
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-bfd-multipoint-active-tail-04
> 
> 
> The BFD Multipoint documents have been stable for some time.  Prior
> discussion at meetings has suggested we have an implementation for the main 
> protocol component.  Also per prior discussions, we split the active-tail
> component of the original multipoint document to permit implementors to not
> have to worry about implementing active-tail procedures if they weren't
> interested in that feature.
> 
> We are starting an extended last call on these documents.  The WGLC will
> conclude on July 14.  This provides ample time for list discussion.  If
> necessary, the IETF-99 meeting may provide for opportunities to close any
> contentious technical points.  (BFD is not currently scheduled to meet.)
> 
> One item I would like to kick off is the document status of the active-tail
> mechanism.  At this time, no one has implemented it that I am aware of.
> Discussion with our AD suggests that publishing the document with
> Experimental status may be reasonable to preserve the work that went into
> the proposal.
> 
> -- Jeff