The MPLS WG Archive

["Art King" <art@frost-king.com>]

Greetings,

I hope this is the right group to address this inquiry to.

I like the idea that two competing (approximately)
signaling protocols are being reduced to one.

Does this imply or is there a move to eliminate one or the
other of the route distribution protocols (OSPF-TE and
ISIS-TE) to further simply implementation and interop?

Regards,

Art


----- Original Message -----
From: "David Meyer" <dmm@sprint.net>
To: "Loa Andersson" <loa.andersson@utfors.se>
Cc: "mpls wg" <mpls@UU.NET>; "Scott Bradner" <sob@harvard.edu>; "George
Swallow" <swallow@cisco.com>; "Bert Wijnen" <bwijnen@lucent.com>
Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: a step towards consensus on mpls signaling protocol


> Again, my concern is that is if it is left as proposed it will
> wind up on an RFP somewhere, and folks will be forced to
> implement it in order to respond. It's already happened.
>
> Dave
>
> On Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 08:14:16AM +0200, Loa Andersson wrote:
> >> David,
> >>
> >> the main argument not to make historic has been that there are
> >> organizations  outside the IETF that reference the cr-ldp spec.
> >> Re-classifying it would cause problems for those organizations.
> >> By telling them that it is our intention not to further progress
> >> the cr-ldp, we given them time to revisit this issue and take the
> >> actions they need.
> >>
> >> /Loa
> >>
> >> David Meyer wrote:
> >>
> >> >>>  - There is a clear majority for discontinuing work on CR-LDP.
> >> >>>    However, there is no IETF process to "de-standardize" an
existing
> >> >>>    proposed standard that would apply in this situation. Thus
> >> >>>    CR-LDP will remain a proposed standard.
> >> >>>
> >> >
> >> > Send it to historic, a la RFC 3166/3167, or someone will make me
> >> > implement it.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >>>To this end:
> >> >>>
> >> >>>  - Existing WG drafts related to or updating/changing CR-LDP will
> >> >>>    be progressed according to normal procedures.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>  - the Working Group will take on no new WG documents related to
> >> >>>    CR-LDP.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>  - A message will be sent to the relevant standards organizations
> >> >>>    notifying them of this change of focus on MPLS signaling
protocols.
> >> >>>
> >> >
> >> > Again, can we send it to historic or is there some procedural
> >> > (or other reason) not to do this?
> >> >
> >> > Dave
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
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