Ned, On Apr 25, 2012, at 10:46 AM, Ned Freed wrote: >> I see no value in deallocating code point spaces and a huge amount of potential harm. > It depends on the size of the space. Why? We're talking about completed "experiments". I'm unclear I see any particular value in having IANA staff continue to maintain registries (which is what I've translated "code point _spaces_" to) for the protocol defined within the RFC(s) of that "experiment". I could, perhaps, see memorializing the final state of the registries for the "experiment" in an informational RFC, but don't really see the point in cluttering up http://www.iana.org/protocols with more junk than is already in there. Trying to find things is already annoying enough. > The takeaway here, I think, is that if you're going to "conclude" experiments, > you need to examine these allocations and do something sensible with them, > where "sensible" is rarely going to mean "deallocate". I agree with the first part. Don't understand the last part. Regards, -drc