On Aug 1, 2017, at 6:34 AM, Philip Homburg <pch-ietf-6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Yes, Philip. The reason we are having this discussion is that a bunch of us were bored and wanted to see if we could get a rise out of the IETF by proposing something with no good purpose, just to kill the boredom. None of us have any other work to do. Hell, that's why we invented IPv6 in the first place, and IPv4 too. POTS was working fine. And remember chaosnet and SNA? Those kicked ass! We were just bored. Honestly, though, it's been a blast. I don't see why you are being such a killjoy. What's wrong with hobbies? Seriously, my point is that the tone of your message and quite a few others here is that people who think this proposal is worthwhile are hobbyists, and people who think it's not are Serious People Trying To Get Work Done. I'm sure it's a satisfying narrative, but it's kind of absurd. If there's consensus to do this, we should do it. If there isn't, we shouldn't. That's how the IETF is supposed to work. A little less contempt would go a long way to preventing conversations like this from blooming into the hundreds of messages. |