> > At this point I would suggest that the discussion on this topic has exceeded > the mandate for the list. I would suggest that creating a separate list and > announcing it and moving all further discussion on the specifics of this > proposal to that list would be appropriate. > > At the beginning of this discussion the question was asked of why the > sergeant at arms threatened posting restriction. I wasn't actually > surprised at that PR warning as we've already got a replacement for IPv4 in > the form of IPv6. It took us over 20 years to get from initial discussions > to reasonable deployments and we're still working on it. The form of the > proposal - BCD representation of IP addresses as its best claim to fame - > initially led me to believe it was a troll proposal rather than something > serious. I now see the author believes it to be a serious proposal, but I > also believe that it's 20 years too late and provides no benefit over IPv6. > I'm willing to be shown wrong, but I'd really like not to read further > discussions about it on this list until there's something of a buy in from a > greater crowd. > > Mike Fair enough. 1. How to create a mailing-list, (or Working Group) ? 2. Should I do it inside / as-part-of IETF, or some 3rd party resource ? -- -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov"