--On Sunday, December 16, 2012 15:08 -0500 Keith Moore <moore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > to this I'd add > > (5) Widespread, examined belief that the specification has > minimal impact on the Internet architecture. > > I keep seeing IETF standardize protocols that seem likely to > have seriously damaging architectural impact without much, if > any, examination of that impact (the PCP and MIF work come > most immediately to mind, but I could cite several others > given a few minutes to think about it). I'd hate to see a > fast-tracking procedure used as a way to further circumvent > such examination. I think I would have said "impact on the Internet architecture is well-understood and judged to be acceptable" instead, but we agree about the general principle. john