[address-policy-wg] 2016-03 Discussion Period extended until 15 July 2016 (Locking Down the Final /8 Policy)

Hi Gert,

On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 10:04:33AM +0200, Gert Doering wrote:

> But I'm close to giving up on this and calling a ban on further changes
> to the IPv4 policy - the "new LIR" folks here are accting in a fairly

I'd hope you're at least half kidding here.  While I'd agree that

> This is not the way to do bottom-up policy making - "I want my cookie and
> I want it now, and I do not care for the greater good".

is about to explore the edges of what can be reasonable dealt with in a
consensus based process under runout conditions, any eternity stamp on policy
would be unwise not only for formal reasons, but also because it would
prohibit clarifications and more substantial actions in this whac-a-mole
game.  The PDP, though, already gives the chairs some leeway of throttling or
dampening the influx of proposals.

-Peter