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[avri <avri@sm.luth.se>]

This seems to me a very strange proposal.  And in fact seems to be
a perversion of the IETF standards process as i understand it.

If things are as argued, then RSVP-TE will progress to draft standard
and then to standard, while CR-LDP remains a proposed standard.  If
it languishes long enough in the proposed state, without significant
deployment or utility, then it would seem appropriate to transition it
to historic at some point in the future.

Taking it to informational at this point seems a fairly blatant political
move without technical merit.  At best it is an administrative sleight
of hand that could strange repercussions as a precedent.  Is the IETF
going to embark next on an effort to define all protocol duplication
out of existence by voting on which alternative to make informational?

I would suggest (as voting is not something I thought the IETF did) that
both protocols remain as ps. If CR-LDP withers on the vine because it has
no utility, so be it.  Voting to change its status seems inappropriate to
me.

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