Brian
On Dec 12, 2011, at 4:30 PM, Richard L. Barnes wrote:
> Dear GEOPRIV,
>
> tl;dr: If you care about whether -policy-uri supports DHCP LbyR, please say so now.
>
> As you may be aware, we currently have three documents in IESG processing:
> 1. -deref-protocol
> 2. -policy-uri
> 3. -dhcp-lbyr-uri-option
>
> The first of these are pretty non-controversial, while the last has some outstanding issues with the DHC working group. Right now, however, -policy-uri has a normative dependence on -dhcp-lbyr-uri-option, because it says how to carry policy URIs inside a DHCP LbyR option. This raises the question of whether we should remove the DHCP parts of -policy-uri in order to remove the dependency.
>
> So I wanted to get the feeling of the WG on which of three courses of action people would prefer:
>
> A: Do nothing for now.
> If approved by the IESG, -policy-uri will sit in the RFC editor's queue waiting for -dhcp-lbyr-uri-option. If the objections in DHC cannot be overcome and that document dies, then we will work with the RFC editor to remove the text that depends on it.
>
> B: Remove the DHCP text now
> This would remove the normative dependency, and leave open the possibility of adding the same mechanism as part of -dhcp-lbyr-uri-option later.
>
> C: Remove the DHCP text now and add it to -dhcp-lbyr-uri-option
> This would just move the functionality from one document to another, removing the dependency while ensuring the functionality is maintained.
>
> For reference, I have attached a diff that describes the changes that would need to be made to -policy-uri in order to remove the dependency.
>
> If you have an opinion on this issue, it would be helpful if you could reply in this thread in the next week or so.
>
> Thanks,
> --Richard
>
>
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