[address-policy-wg] Proposal 2010-02

On 27 Oct 2010, at 01:39, Nick Hilliard wrote:

> My own opinion is that the advantages are quite significant.  The
> disadvantages certainly exist, but are less significant.  Therefore I
> support the proposal.

+1

> There is no right answer for a proposal like this.  Contention for  
> scarce
> resources is fundamentally contentious.  We just have to live with  
> that.

I agree. There is no perfect solution and I hope we can give up on  
that quest. So let's settle for something that's good enough -- ie  
2010-02 -- and get on with it.
There will always be some way for a consensus policy to be gamed. So  
it's better to have ways of detecting that and acting on it instead of  
looking for a policy that is immune to manipulation. And have that in  
place before v4 runs out.

> If it turns out that significant implementation problems arise, the
> proposal can be changed.  Nothing is set in stone.

True. Though I doubt this matters. If there are implementation  
difficulties, these should act as a natural brake on depletion. And  
anyway the chances are v4 will be gone by the time a revised policy  
could be adopted.

I'm also unsure if strict checks on access the near-empty v4 shelves  
in the corner shop will matter much when there's a hypermarket next  
door that's over-filled with v6.