The IESG has received a request from the Protocol Independent Multicast WG (pim) to consider the following document: - 'Survey Report on PIM-SM Implementations and Deployments' <draft-ietf-pim-rfc4601-update-survey-report-02.txt> as Informational RFC The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2013-09-03. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. Abstract This document provides supporting documentation to advance the Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) protocol from IETF Proposed Standard to Internet Standard. The file can be obtained via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-pim-rfc4601-update-survey-report/ IESG discussion can be tracked via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-pim-rfc4601-update-survey-report/ballot/ No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.