[address-policy-wg] RE: The price of address space

Gert Doering wrote:

> While I do quite enjoy the occasional IPv6/IPv4 advocacy discussion, 
> I would indeed prefer to keep *this* list a bit more focused on 
> *address policy related* topics:

> and we need
> policies for those that want some of the remaining IPv4 numbers.

The problem is that IPv4 address policy is affected a *LOT* by
an answer to the following question:

	When IPv6 will be really deployed?

Note that "never" can be a valid answer.

So, it is impossible to evaluate most, if not all, IPv4 address
policy proposals without assuming an answer to the question.

If you want to stop the discussion on the question, we must
accept multiple assumptions on answers to the question and
never criticise proposals for their assumptions on the answers.

Then, we can peacefully reach a uniform consensus on mutually
incompatible multiple address policies.

Do you want to have them?

Or, shall we just ask the question to IETF and blindly accept
their answer?

						Masataka Ohta