[ipv6-wg] Last Call for publication of RIPE-501bis (reply by 20120426)

Shane,

> > 1) I'm missing RFCs 2671 and 3226 ("Do support EDNS0 and do it right")
> >    in the list of requirements for mobile nodes.  RFC 3596 is present,
> >    though.  Usually the former are mandatory but I have no idea what
> >    special size considerations might have applied here.
> > 
> > 2) Since all other devices are required to support EDNS0 with "large
> >    enough" payloads, the requirements list for CPEs should probably
> >    contain RFC 5625, so the CPEs do not get in the way of all those
> >    compliant gear on both sides.
> 
> I think we need to publish the document without these changes. This is
> a case where "the perfect is the enemy of the good"(*).

believe it or not, that phrase even exists in German ;-)

> Regarding future versions or an errata list... my own advice would be to
> leave EDNS0 RFCs out of this document, since it is intended for IPv6
> recommendations not as a general "here are good things to have"
> document. I admit I'm not sure where such a list would reside. :(

I think consistency is key here, next time.

-Peter