[address-policy-wg] Next steps for new LIRs

> Can you please give me some example of developing countries that are
> "skipping IPv4 completely"?

i suggest that it is not productive to spend bandwidth on the "you
should be using ipv6" religion.

> I think there are still good numbers that need to use IPv4 because of
> their developing stage.

yep.  but there is a small problem.  we are out of ipv4 space.  there
ain't no more.

> If we as the community are looking for additional distribution of last
> /8 (as suggested by Yuri), I think It would be better to consider
> their conditions too.

it would save a lot of shouting if you (and yuri and ...)  read the
discussion of the last/8 proposal so we do not have to repeat it; many
of us have too damned much real work to do to spend time repeating old
discussions.  it boiled down to
  o ipv4 is essentially gone, we need to get over it
  o if the last /8 was left in the allocation pool, it would be gone
    in a small number of weeks and we would be back to "ipv4 is gone"
  o so, ipv4 is essentially gone, we need to get over it
  o if we do the one minimal allocation for a new LIR, it will let new
    entrants at least run a NAT
  o but ipv4 is essentially gone, we need to get over it
  o so some greedy animals will fight over the scraps.  that's life
  o bottom line, ipv4 space is gone, we need to get over it

it seems we may have underestimated the destructive aspects of the
greedy phase.  ah well.

randy