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[Shahram Davari <Shahram_Davari@pmc-sierra.com>]

>I remember that earlier discussion very well and your objection to the
>words "simple and efficient" included the argument that these words
>added nothing to the draft.  I suggested that it could be removed on
>the grounds that it added nothing but I did not agree that it the
>protocol could not be described as "simple and efficient".

I am sure that is true specially after the ULTRA simple ECMP handling
text that you suggested to be added to the draft !

>I am also
>not an author of this draft.  Apparently the authors did not agree
>since the words "simple and efficient" are still in the -02 draft.

You are right, I thought it was agreed on the list that this text be removed.
Also please note that any change to any WG draft MUST be done based on WG
consensus. So I am not sure that the authors personal opinion should override
WG consensus.

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>Since the second sentence is not true it should either be omited from
>the minutes or a note added that the statement though made was not
>true.  The authors neither agreed that the protocol is not simple and
>efficient nor did they remove the text.

First of all this is a minute of what happened in the meeting, not an
analysis or debate document. You are free to comment on the list, but
I don't think changing the minutes of what actually was said is the right
thing to do. However, if you like to introduce such precedence, then I have
a bunch of comments against many comments raised during the meeting that 
I would like to be added to the minutes.

-Shahram

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