[address-policy-wg] 2014-01 New Policy Proposal (Abandoning the Minimum Allocation Size for IPv4)

Hi Tore, all -

On 27.03.2014 09:34, Tore Anderson wrote:
> I'm just of the opinion that removing one without the other leaves the
> policy in a counter-intuitive state. To me it would appear appropriate
> for a proposal titled «Abandoning the Minimum Allocation Size for IPv4»
> to remove all flavours of the minimum allocation size, including the one
> specific for sub-allocations.
>
> Besides, one of the two stated reasons for having the minimum
> sub-allocation size («[/24] is the smallest prefix length that can be
> reverse delegated») is quite simply false, given RFC 2317, and if we
> also accept the rationale for 2014-01, then we've essentially rejected
> the other reason too («allows for a reasonable number of small
> assignments to be made»).

fair points - I shall retreat to my thinking chamber once more. ;-)

> So I'd ask you to consider removing that paragraph as well before going
> to review phase. Note that since we're still in the discussion phase,
> doing so doesn't have to slow down the progress of the proposal, you can
> go straight to review with updated proposal (modifications at a later
> stage are much more cumbersome).

True - although it doesn't seem to be me moving it straight to the 
review phase, but the WG (Co-)Chair(s) - i.e. Gert and/or Sander.

Cheers,

	-C.