Hi Mike, If it is in the form of next generation IP (especially in the context of upcoming 5G) we welcome the discussions on our list, 5Gangip, 5Gangip@xxxxxxxx to subscribe https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/5gangip Behcet On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 1:40 PM, Mike StJohns <mstjohns@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 12/14/2015 8:23 AM, John Kristoff wrote: >> >> On Mon, 14 Dec 2015 04:10:34 +0000 (UTC) >> <lloyd.wood@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> IP protocol version 5 is already defined and in usefor RFC1190, and >>> that use would have to be deprecatedfirst. Picking 7 is easier; for a >>> long time someoneon this list was pushing an idea of IPv8... and IPv9. >> >> I believe the IPv8 you are referring to was hardly a serious proposal. >> Regardless, 7, 8 and 9 were reserved for TP/IX, PIP and TUBA >> respectively. >> >> >> <https://www.iana.org/assignments/version-numbers/version-numbers.xhtml> >> >> John >> >> > > 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 >