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[Adrian Farrel <adrian@olddog.co.uk>]

> > Perhaps someone could usefully define (precisely!) soft and hard pre-emption.
> > 
> > (Hint I thought I had done this, but perhaps a discussion on the list would b
> > e useful.)
>
> One of the neat things about this running code thing is that what ends
> up really counting is who wrote some running code or worked to deploy
> that code in a network particularly when the majority of vendors have
> done the same thing and they all interoperate.  That's the case here.
> 
> I agree with you that we should clarify RFC3209 and preferably put the
> clarification in a future iteration.  Perhaps it would be easier if
> you suggested wording for the next iteration of RFC3209 and if the
> authors agree to it, we won't need a separate document.  But if you
> feel that's not the way to go or insufficient, go ahead and write an
> informational draft with the clarification and a crystal clear
> definition of hard preemption and soft preemption.

Clearly someone with running code needs to:
- document what is meant by soft/hard pre-emption
- document what the running code does.

Over to you, Curtis.

Adrian