2007/631 Class E IP Address Configuration

[James Carlson]

Nicolas Williams writes:
> You could wait until the IESG issues the protocol action placing the I-D
> on the Standards Track, rather than waiting for it to be an RFC.

I disagree with that in general.  We *SHOULD* be implementing things
that are the subject of I-Ds.  That's exactly what I-Ds are for --
getting agreement among implementors.

Waiting until they become RFCs or are in IESG review is just waiting
far too long, and puts us behind in development.

> In any case, there are *two* unexpired, individual submission I-Ds on
> this topic.  Both have "I-D Exists" as their status.  That is definitely
> not enough.  The ARC should at least wait for there to be an AD

No.  As long as there's consensus on the subset of functionality that
this project is proposing, I see no real problems here.

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