[address-policy-wg] 2014-10 New Policy Proposal (Language Clarification in “IPv6 Addresses for Internet Root Servers In The RIPE Region”)

On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 03:37:23PM +0200, Marco Schmidt wrote:

> A proposed change to RIPE Document "IPv6 Addresses for Internet 
> Root Servers In The RIPE Region" is now available for discussion.

>     http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2014-10

1) the motivating pointer to RFC 2119 is misguided. RIPE documents do not
   make a reference to RFC 2119 in general and even less so in this particular
   case. There's already enough confusion in the IETF with "must"
   vs "MUST", i.e., when keywords do and don't bear their special meaning.

2) the change is unnecessary and does not provide clarification.
   The text is already clearly stating that assigned address space stays
   with the service and will (have to) be returned to the RIPE NCC if
   the service is terminated.  A "should" is sufficient.

3) The status of ripe-233, especially in the light of the omnibus document
   ripe-623 is probably a bit vague.  ripe-233 exists for historic reference,
   therefore any change applied by this proposal would retroactively try
   to change the rule for past assignments with no new assignments to be
   expected (for lack of policy).

4) Issuing a new document with a new timestamp is likely to cause more
   confusion than it strives to solve (lacking sth equivalent to a
   "Historic" document status and/or explanatory introductory text
   in the updated document).

Resolved,
   no support

-Peter