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

[Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 23-apr-04, at 17:05, JINMEI Tatuya / $B?@L@C#:H(B wrote:

> Some people commented that we needed to clarify what's bad with the
> M/O flags if we want to deprecate (or remove) them.

You only discuss "what would break if we deprecate these flags". I have 
no problems with the text that follows, but I DO have a very big 
problem with changing these flags. You can't just go around and change 
protocol specifications every few years just because it looks better 
that way.

Besides, NOW is certainly not the time to do it, as DHCPv6 is finally 
there, but hasn't seen much if any real-life experience yet, and 
additional "other configuration" mechanisms are still under discussion 
for at least one very important configuration item: recursive DNS 
server addresses.

I implore this wg to venture out into the real world and ask operators 
what they need to be able to use IPv6 rather than regurgitate the same 
RFCs over and over. This goes double for v6ops.


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