Re: [spring] draft-ietf-spring-srv6-network-programming - 2 week Early Allocation Call

[Gaurav Dawra <[e-mail]>]

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> On Dec 19, 2019, at 8:54 AM, [e-mail] wrote:
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> Hi SPRING WG,
>  
> This begins a 2 week Early Allocation call for a “Ethernet” value from the "Protocol Numbers" registry.
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-spring-srv6-network-programming-07#section-9.1
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-spring-srv6-network-programming-07#section-5.3
> https://www.iana.org/assignments/protocol-numbers/protocol-numbers.xhtml
>  
> In parallel of the Working Group Last Call which is currently running, the authors are requesting for early code point allocation from IANA as implementations are under way.
>  
> The criteria for early allocation are:
>    a.  The code points must be from a space designated as "RFC
>        Required", "IETF Review", or "Standards Action".  Additionally,
>        requests for early assignment of code points from a
>        "Specification Required" registry are allowed if the
>        specification will be published as an RFC.
>  
>    b.  The format, semantics, processing, and other rules related to
>        handling the protocol entities defined by the code points
>        (henceforth called "specifications") must be adequately described
>        in an Internet-Draft.
>  
>    c.  The specifications of these code points must be stable; i.e., if
>        there is a change, implementations based on the earlier and later
>        specifications must be seamlessly interoperable.
>  
>    d.  The Working Group chairs and Area Directors (ADs) judge that
>        there is sufficient interest in the community for early (pre-RFC)
>        implementation and deployment, or that failure to make an early
>        allocation might lead to contention for the code point in the
>        field.
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7120#section-2
>  
> I believe the above conditions are met. (minus the AD judgement which is further down in the process)
>  
> As a reminder, this topic has mainly been discussed following IETF 105 (Montréal) both during the meeting and on the mailing list.
> During IETF 106 it has been discussed in the IntArea WG. https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/106/proceedings#intarea
>  
> Note that this code point is not to be specific to SRv6. Depending on AD guidance, this specific code point even be moved from draft-ietf-spring-srv6-network-programming into a specific 1 page draft.
>  
> If you support early adoption,  please include “support” along with any comments about the draft’s technical solution.
>  
> If you do not support early allocation, please include “no support” in your email and indicate why.
>  
> Thank you,
> --Bruno
>  
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