Re: [Softwires] Martin Vigoureux's No Objection on draft-ietf-softwire-iftunnel-06: (with COMMENT)

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Hi Martin,

Thank you for the comment. 

Please see inline. 

Cheers,
Med

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> Objet : Martin Vigoureux's No Objection on draft-ietf-softwire-iftunnel-
> 06: (with COMMENT)
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> draft-ietf-softwire-iftunnel-06: No Objection
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> Hello,
> 
> I am a bit puzzled because the Abstract recognizes that the document is
> built
> onto an incomplete data-set and that makes me wonder whether the model
> will be
> usable until the data-set is completed.

[Med] The registry does not need to be comprehensive to be useful/usable. For example, this module is already used by a document which is in the RFC Editor queue: draft-ietf-softwire-yang. 

> 
> Also, I really do not understand the update you propose to the registry.
> It
> seems that you point to the technology spec rather than to the original
> mib
> module definition, but I quickly looked and none of the specs I parsed
> define
> the mib entry/value

[Med] This update was requested by the Designated Experts. They want the technology spec to be cited, not the RFC defining the MIB or YANG. Please note that registering a code does not require a MIB or a YANG. 

, so getting rid of the existing reference appears to
> me as
> a clear loss of information. I think you should keep the original
> reference and
> add a new one if needed, but not simply replace.
> 
> And if you have undertaken this effort of tidying the registry, why not
> complete it with the missing values?
> 

[Med] We used to have this discussion as part of the tsv directorate review. We don't think it is the job of this document to register new tunnel techniques to an existing registry. Nevertheless, we tried to get in touch with the authors of draft-ietf-lisp-rfc6830bis, draft-ietf-nvo3-vxlan-gpe, draft-ietf-nvo3-geneve, and draft-ietf-intarea-gue to invite them to register their tunnel technology. 

The I-D is mirroring the content of an * existing * registry. The corresponding YANG module will be updated by IANA upon assignment of a new code.