Mike,
We have posted revision 26 with revised structure which I hope makes the
document easier to read and follow.

Thanks,
Rishabh

On Tue, Oct 21, 2025 at 8:07 AM Rishabh Parekh <[email protected]> wrote:

> Mike,
> We are in the process of re-organizing and reworking drafts based on other
> reviews. I hope it improves the readability of the document.
>
> Thanks,
> Rishabh.
>
> On Mon, Oct 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM Mike Bishop via Datatracker <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Mike Bishop has entered the following ballot position for
>> draft-ietf-bess-mvpn-evpn-sr-p2mp-15: No Record
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>> This draft is very difficult to approach for anyone who isn't a domain
>> expert.
>> It uses a lot of domain-specific terminology even before you get to the
>> list of
>> RFCs whose terminology the reader is expected to be familiar with. That
>> paragraph points to certain RFCs for "terms like" a list of items,
>> suggesting
>> that there might be other referenced terms in any given document with no
>> pointer here. That makes it difficult for the reader to take an
>> unfamiliar term
>> and look it up.
>>
>> I would encourage the authors to rework the introduction to contain a
>> simple
>> problem statement, an overview of how the existing technologies currently
>> handle it, and what this document defines to improve the situation. Some
>> diagrams might also be helpful in articulating the framework. I would
>> suggest
>> that this also include a thorough terminology section that cites RFCs
>> and/or
>> defines terms as appropriate for the reader attempting to consume this
>> document.
>>
>> In the Introduction, there's no reference cited for "P2MP Ingress
>> Replication".
>> Searching online for that phrase finds this draft as the primary hit. I
>> assume
>> that's intended to point to Section 6.4.5 of RFC 6513?
>>
>> Throughout, the draft is inconsistent about using "a SR" or "an SR" --
>> which is
>> correct turns on whether "SR" is pronounced "source routing" or "ess arr".
>> Please pick one.
>>
>> For the moment, I'm intentionally balloting "No Record," because I'd like
>> the
>> authors to have this feedback now. It's going to take me some time to
>> read this
>> in more depth and update my ballot position.
>>
>>
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