Excellent point, Joel!

Kireeti

> On Nov 29, 2019, at 16:01, Joel M. Halpern <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I would add another aspect to Kireeeti's comments.  Part of the strong push 
> in the WG has been that there is a lot of deployments.  While there are many 
> reasons to question that, it is particularly disturbing if those deployments 
> were based on deliberate mis-representations of the IETF process and status.
> 
> Yours,
> Joel
> 
>> On 11/29/2019 1:06 PM, Kireeti Kompella wrote:
>> Bertrand,
>> It’s naive (and perhaps self-serving on Cisco’s part) to call this thread 
>> irrelevant and to try to shut it down.  I applaud Andrew for bringing this 
>> to the WG’s and the IETF’s attention.  I feel (personal opinion) this is 
>> something that SPRINGers should know and evaluate for themselves.
>> But you do have a point: perhaps someone should let the Powers That Be at 
>> the IETF know, not just the SPRING WG.  I await a Routing AD, the IETF 
>> Chair, marketing or Legal Counsel to say whether this is relevant and how 
>> (if at all) the IETF should respond.
>> Kireeti
>>>> On Nov 29, 2019, at 02:07, Bertrand Duvivier (bduvivie) 
>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> SRING WG chairs and members,
>>> 
>>> If this is not an IETF Business (like suggested by Andrew Alton), I do 
>>> suggest this irrelevant threat to be abandon/drop from the IETF SPING 
>>> mailing list.
>>> 
>>> BRGDS Bertrand
>>> 
>>> 
>>>      [spring] Thoughts and concerns
>>> 
>>> Andrew Alston <[email protected]>Thu, 28 November 2019 15:26 
>>> UTCShow header 
>>> <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/spring/WEMigLTseVvQ2Ke_GdycuI7sHKk>
>>> 
>>> Hi Guys,
>>> I have some questions - I ran across a document which has me deeply 
>>> concerned - that purports to be written by the authors of SRH and makes 
>>> direct reference to this working group.  And since the claims in it are 
>>> deeply worrying - I think its time to ask for some answers. I fully realize 
>>> that well - what people publish outside of the IETF is probably no business 
>>> of the IETF - but, a document that claims to be published by the authors of 
>>> a draft - that makes false claims about the working groups very charter - 
>>> that - concerns me.
>>> The document itself can be found at: 
>>> https://www.segment-routing.net/images/20191029-02-Update-on-SRv6-standardization-activities.pdf
>>> Now - here is my issue
>>> Firstly - the second bullet point in that document runs *DIRECTLY* contrary 
>>> to what is stated in the spring charter - to quote the charter:
>>> The Source Packet Routing in NetworkinG (SPRING) Working Group is the home 
>>> of Segment Routing (SR) using MPLS (SR-MPLS) and IPv6 (SRv6).
>>> SPRING WG serves as a forum to discuss SPRING networks operations, define 
>>> new applications of, and specify extensions of Segment Routing
>>> technologies.
>>> The forth bullet point is really interesting - because I have yet to see a 
>>> last-call for this document on the mailing list - unless I missed it - 
>>> which is explicitly required as per RFC2418 Section 3.2
>>> I am not going to bother with the rest of the document - because well - 
>>> people are free to their own technical opinions - but it greatly bothers me 
>>> when the authors of a draft are publishing what are in effect blatant 
>>> untruths in order to promote their work - and I believe it should bother 
>>> everyone in this working group when such appears.
>>> Thanks
>>> Andrew
>>> 
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