RE: [rfc2462bis] whether we need the M/O flags

[john.loughney@xxxxxxxxx]

Hi Jinmei,


> Now let's think about cons of deprecating these flags.
> 
> The obvious one is that this action may break existing
> implementations.  In fact, this is the most typical objection I've
> seen in this thread.

I'd like to withdraw my original objection to this.  I had a chance
to discuss with the guys who implemented some IPv6 stacks
internally & deprecating the flags won't break the implementations.

John

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