Re: [Softwires] Fw: I-D Action: draft-mawatari-softwire-464xlat-00.txt

"Jan Zorz @ go6.si" <jan@go6.si> Tue, 29 November 2011 19:18 UTC

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On 11/24/11 3:01 PM, Cameron Byrne wrote:
> I would also like to make it clear, that i believe softwires and
> behave should both be closed, all in-flight yet-another-transition
> mechanism work be abandoned as they are a hindrance and distraction to
> IPv6 deployment.  We already have 6 over 4, 4 over 6, and more than
> enough forms of translation.  Anything else is just counterproductive
> life-support and sends a confusing message from the IETF to the world
> that IPv6 is still not ready.

...and transition to IPv6 is not late due to lack of transition 
mechanisms, is it? :)

Moving IPv4 to deprecated would probably result in stopping developing 
v4-life-support mechanisms, that are actually just tools to avoid IPv6 
deployment, right?

>
> Perhaps the closing of softwire and behave can be followed by a new
> group called trans-man which does maintenance similar to 6man.

trans-man :)

Cheers, Jan