Yes, Randy clearly understands this best, and I believe his proposal
explains it well.

On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 5:43 PM George Michaelson <[email protected]> wrote:

> I also think Randy's version is better because of two things:
>
> 1) it aligns with reality: fields are added to RPSL as a response of
> operator driven demand.
>
> 2) it aligns with the least cost path out: the likelihood of a reprise
> or -bis of RPSL completing in the short or medium term in either IETF
> or RIPE is low, because it is subject to a huge debate about the
> applicability of modern routing praxis like RPKI, and disagreements
> inside the operations community.
>
> I checked with an IRR code developer, and adding fields "does no harm"
> because they are used to recognizing an instance of an uknown
> type:value form, and dealing with them (ignore)
>
> -G
>
> On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 5:48 AM Randy Bush <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > < rant >
> >
> > > "While the IETF published one of the specifying documents for RPS
> > > [RFCXXXX], effective change control for RPSL today lies with the RIPE
> > > community [ref]. However, it is in scope to use the Remarks: field..."
> >
> > i wish.  ripe has the energy and the momentum.  ripe does a lot of the
> > docs.  ripe has running code.  and ripe is where this is moving forward
> > in the sense of documentation and open code.  otoh, most rirs are moving
> > on hacking geofeed: attributes.  massimo tracks far better than i.
> >
> > but the rirs are immature siblings who pretend to get along when
> > grownups are watching, but fight dirty in the back seat of the car.  do
> > not judge their words; but their actions.  arin does not even have a
> > remarks: attribute, as you can see in the draft.
> >
> > and if you wonder if this is a disservice to the members, note that arin
> > membership, last time i asked, represents less than 20% of the address
> > holders in their region.
> >
> > so, ripe is indeed where it is happening.  but saying that ripe has
> > change control of the rpsl specification in the ietf sense is a dream.
> >
> > how about
> >
> >    The original RPSL specifications starting with [RIPE81], [RIPE181],
> >    and a trail of subsequent documents were done by the RIPE community.
> >    The IETF standardardized RPSL in [RFC2622] and [RFC4012].  Since
> >    then, it has been modified and extensively enhanced in the RIR
> >    community, mostly by RIPE, [RIPE-DB].  Currently, change contol
> >    effectively lies in the operator community.
> >
> > randy
>
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