Re: Feedback needed: retiring MOSPF and other specs?

Acee Lindem <acee@cisco.com> Tue, 03 January 2006 18:47 UTC

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From: Acee Lindem <acee@cisco.com>
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Cc: Alex Zinin <zinin@psg.com>, rtg-dir@ietf.org, Rohit Dube <dube_rohit@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Feedback needed: retiring MOSPF and other specs?
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Susan Hares wrote:

>Alex, Rohit and Acee:
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>How about we put it to historic and I submit a work-item to OSPF?
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Hi Sue,

I'm not sure I understand what the work item would be or even precisely 
the requirement.

Thanks,
Acee

>sue
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>-----Original Message-----
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>To: Alex Zinin; Acee Lindem
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>Subject: Re: Feedback needed: retiring MOSPF and other specs?
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>Hey Alex,
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>I will discuss with Acee soon, but there is no ongoing MOSPF 
>work. In late 2002, we had removed MOSPF work-items from the
>working groups work-item list and we had announced the removal
>of the same in the Nov/Dec-2002 WG meeting. While I am sure
>that there are some MOSPF networks out there, I am also sure
>that permanently putting a stop to MOSPF work (if that is
>what historic implies) would surprise or effect very few 
>people.
>
>Best,
>--rohit.
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>--- Alex Zinin <zinin@psg.com> wrote:
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>>Acee, Rohit, RTG-DIR members:
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>>  In case you didn't see this doc:
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>http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-newtrk-decruft-experiment
>-02.txt
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>>  I'm holding a DISCUSS on this. The doc suggests to retire MOSPF and
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>a
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>>  bunch of other specs to Historic. I need to know your opinion on
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>this.
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>>  Here's what I have on my list of questionable retirements:
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>>>      RFC1378 (The PPP AppleTalk Control Protocol (ATCP))
>>>      RFC1469 (IP Multicast over Token-Ring Local Area Networks)
>>>      RFC1582 (Extensions to RIP to Support Demand Circuits)
>>>      RFC1584 (Multicast Extensions to OSPF)
>>>      RFC1598 (PPP in X.25)
>>>      RFC1755 (ATM Signaling Support for IP over ATM)
>>>      
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>>  I'd like to hear opinions on this.
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>>-- 
>>Alex
>>http://www.psg.com/~zinin
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