Would you like an abstracted test report to the reflector instead? Don
Bob Hinden <[email protected]> wrote: >Thomas, > >On Dec 17, 2010, at 4:41 AM, Thomas Narten wrote: > >> Fred Baker <[email protected]> writes: >> >>> When we advance a routing protocol to Proposed Standard, for reasons >>> related to ancient IESG history related to routing, we generally >>> require a test report that shows interoperable implementations of >>> the standard in question. >> >> And FWIW, I think that requirement expired and has long been OBE. >> >> See RFC 4794 "RFC 1264 Is Obsolete" > >I am the author of RFC1264 and was the Routing AD when it was written. I >completely agree with making it Historic. The abstract of RFC4794 says it >well: > > RFC 1264 was written during what was effectively a completely > different time in the life of the Internet. It prescribed rules to > protect the Internet against new routing protocols that may have > various undesirable properties. In today's Internet, there are so > many other pressures against deploying unreasonable protocols that we > believe that existing controls suffice, and the RFC 1264 rules just > get in the way. > >RFC1264 was useful when it was written in 1991, but the world has changed many >ways and it is no longer necessary. > >Bob > > > > >> >> While getting a routing/interoperability report is a fine thing to do, >> it is not and should not be a requirement to advance this (or any) >> draft to PS. >> >> This draft should advance on its own merits (on which I have not >> opinion). >> >> Thomas >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> IETF IPv6 working group mailing list >> [email protected] >> Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- >IETF IPv6 working group mailing list >[email protected] >Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 >-------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [email protected] Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
