[arin-ppml] Final draft of 2010-13 for Atlanta (Rev 1.55)

[Owen DeLong]

On Sep 29, 2010, at 8:56 AM, Leo Bicknell wrote:

> In a message written on Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 08:46:51AM -0700, Owen DeLong wrote:
>> 	Waiting is fatal if you want to set space aside for transition beyond
>> the /10 that is already set aside for a very vague and limited subset 
>> of transitional technologies. One of the key points of this was the
>> realization that with the broad set of transition needs staring us
>> in the face, 4.10 was wholly inadequate to the task and it really
>> does make much more sense to reserve the entire last /8.
> 
> I don't have a strong position on the /8 vrs /10 argument.  I think
> there are problems with both arguments, and in effect the community
> is picking its favorite poison, rather than making anything better.
> Would you prefer to die by firing squad or hanging?
> 
> That said, if folks really want to reserve a /8 I believe that can
> be done in at least one, and perhaps two orders of magnitude less
> text, in a way that is easy to understand and has no side effects.
> 
While I agree with you in principle, I will point out that in order to do so,
it has to happen in this policy cycle, or, through the emergency
process by the BoT.

The effort here was not only to reserve the /8, but, also define how it
should be used. I don't think you could fairly define that in less text
or in a way that is easier to understand. We tried very hard to do so.

Owen