[address-policy-wg] 2019-02 Review Phase (IPv4 Waiting List Implementation)

Hi,

on 06.05.2019 13:10, Marco Schmidt wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> Policy proposal 2019-02, "IPv4 Waiting List Implementation" is now in the Review Phase.
>
> This proposal aims at creating a waiting list based on an allocation size of /24 once the RIPE NCC’s free IPv4 pool is exhausted.
>
> […]
>
> As per the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP), the purpose of this four week Review Phase is to continue discussion of the proposal, taking the impact analysis into consideration, and to review the full draft RIPE Policy Document.

As Sebastian Wiesinger wrote in members-discuss: "The IPv4 pool will run out soon and after that there simply will be nothing to grab. In hindsight I wish we had just given out everything without reserving something for newcomers. I don't think it had the intended effect."

I don't see this either, hence, while I agree that there should be some wording about the way the (already implicit) waiting list will be implemented/handled, I reject the proposal as-is due to the reduction of the assignment size.

Reducing the assignment for new LIRs from /22 to /24 neither helps the community, nor the late-coming LIR in question.

IPv4 is gone, we pray every other minute, so we should act accordingly.

Regards,
-kai