On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 03:54, Karl Auer <[email protected]> wrote:
> "hextet" - oh dear. Were there really no better suggestions than quibble > and hextet? If you look at -02 of the initial draft, you will find a full list. Googling for the name of the ID will bring up a lot of discussions on various related lists. Finally, hextet and quibble came out _far_ ahead of all other options. FWIW, hextet is the short form of hexadectet. > However, "field" is even better. Field is overloaded and not unique. If anything you would have to say "IPv6 field" which is bulky and context-sensitive. > An invented word, unless it has the same quirky, geeky humor of "byte" > and "nibble", is most unlikely to be generally adopted. Why? It's a unique identifier without pre-existing meaning in the relevant context. > Definitely "SHOULD", not "MUST". People will say what they say. The MUST refers to written documentation. This might or might not change depending on feedback. > I confess I thought at first you might be joking.... I assure you I am not. In somewhat unrelated news, "Karl Auer" is a famous persona of a German comedian. I doubt you named yourself after him, but I always wondered and context is fitting, atm. Thanks for your feedback, Richard -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [email protected] Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
