Re: [Softwires] map-t to proposed standard rather than experimental

Ted Lemon <Ted.Lemon@nominum.com> Sun, 16 November 2014 03:55 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Softwires] map-t to proposed standard rather than experimental
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On Nov 15, 2014, at 10:24 AM, Rémi Després <despres.remi@laposte.net> wrote:
> This seems to suggest that someone viewed this issue had been "a factor in the coin toss". 
> No one did AFAIK, and certainly not me. 
> But this isn’t the point.

If it wasn't a factor in the coin toss, it doesn't have anything to do with the working group's decision to choose Experimental vs. Proposed status.

> Even in its experimental status, I do think MAP-T's specification should have included a warning that it is incompatible with Path MTU Discovery of RFC4821, and that MAP-E should be used if such compatibility is desired.

I would not object to such a statement if the authors and the working group agree to add it, but that's not the question we're asking at the moment.