Re: New Version Notification for draft-donley-ipv6-cpe-rtr-use-cases-and-reqs-00

Fred Baker <fred@cisco.com> Fri, 24 July 2009 22:46 UTC

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Subject: Re: New Version Notification for draft-donley-ipv6-cpe-rtr-use-cases-and-reqs-00
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On Jul 23, 2009, at 3:03 AM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:

>> As you suggested, there is a significant degree of overlap between  
>> our
>> respective drafts.  That is intentional.  We tried to align as much  
>> as
>> possible to avoid confusion.
>
> But I'm afraid that's impossible. Two overlapping documents =  
> confusion,
> by definition. I think the only reasonable goal is a combined  
> document,
> or possibly two complementary documents.

Here I have to agree. The preferred outcome is either one draft that  
covers the subject or two drafts on different aspects of the topic.  
Part of the working group discussion will be to determine the  
appropriate way forward.