Hi Les,

Thank you for this input.

The guidance in 7370 is not sufficient here, IMO. The new registry is special 
in the sense that it is not about assigning a codepoint, but about maintaining 
an algorithm. As with any algorithm, and as we gain deployment experience and 
new needs are defined, steps may need some tweaking.

We need to set the expectation on the maintenance of such an algorithm when 
offloaded to a registry, especially with a DE policy. As already indicated in 
my ballot, I'd expect at least we have guidance whether we allow reorder steps, 
merge steps, insert a step between existing ones, update an existing one, etc. 
These are of course examples, but the point is to exemplify my purpose.

In the meantime, I also don't want us to set rules that may not be flexile 
enough to accommodate specific needs in the future. This is why I favor for now 
to change the policy to Standard Action.

Cheers,
Med

De : Les Ginsberg (ginsberg) <[email protected]>
Envoyé : mardi 8 juillet 2025 22:31
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Objet : RE: Mohamed Boucadair's Discuss on 
draft-ietf-lsr-igp-flex-algo-reverse-affinity-07: (with DISCUSS and COMMENT)


In regards to the registration policy for the new registry introduced by this 
draft - about which at least three IESG reviewers have commented (Ketan, 
Mohammed, and Roman) - all suggesting "Standards Action" rather than "Expert 
Review" as the policy...

As the author of RFC 7370 - on which all of the IS-IS Registries (and some of 
the IGP Parameter registries) policies are based - I would like to comment.

RFC 7370 was written precisely to address the use of Expert Review for 
registries. This was done in part because we wanted a policy that supports all 
RFC Tracks - including experimental.
We also provided detailed instructions to the Designated Experts - see 
https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7370.html#section-4

I do not see that Standards Action policy is more robust - and it has the 
decided disadvantage that it only allows for "Standards Track or Best Current 
Practice RFCs" (as per https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8126#section-4.9 ).

I would ask the IESG reviewers to consider the above. If you still feel that 
RFC 7370 based Expert Review policy is lacking, please be more specific in your 
reasons as to why.

Thanx.

    Les

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