Hi Ben, Matthew, Yes, nvo3 worked on problem statement and issues on VM mobility. I support progressing Linda's draft.
I just wonder if, with the new charter, nvo3 will be able work on VM mobility solutions, including on VXLAN environments? Regards, Behcet On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 9:35 PM, Benson Schliesser <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Linda - > > (I’ve changed the message Subject to better reflect this topic.) > > On Aug 29, 2014, at 12:41 PM, Linda Dunbar <[email protected]> wrote: >> I think we should decide how to handle this based on a WG discussion about >> the draft, instead of binding it to the rechartering. It might be worthwhile >> to have a brief presentation on the draft at the 11-Sep virtual interim >> meeting - can one of the authors lead this? >> >> [Linda] The mobility draft is to address an important area of VM mobility in >> Data Centers, which the WG had adopted to become WG draft long time ago. We >> sent request for WG Last call many months ago. But there hasn't been any >> action. Since the MILESTONEs have separate items for IESG Review and WG >> adoption for many drafts, it is necessary to list VM Mobility as well. > > I see two related questions here. First is the question about whether we need > to create a milestone for the VM Mobility draft. Second is whether it is > ready for last call. > > On the first topic, I don’t see value in debating this, but I will explain my > decision. I consider the VM Mobility draft to be a “companion” to the Problem > Statement. And I assert that if it is complete (or nearly complete) then a > milestone is unnecessary from a management tracking perspective. Thus, we do > not need another milestone specifically for a VM Mobility Issues document > unless the WG feels that it needs more work, material changes, etc. > > On the second topic, personally I agree with you that the VM Mobility Issues > draft should be last-called soon. However, I’ve had some private feedback > that I’d like to see discussed on the list before we take that step. > Specifically, a couple people commented that the draft is unnecessary, > questioning whether it adds materially to what is already captured in the > Problem Statement. I’m not endorsing this point of view, but nor am I > challenging it. > > Thus, in my last message I submitted a request for you to present the draft > at the upcoming interim meeting, to give us a chance to discuss this > feedback. I’m also happy to discus this here on the mailing list. But I’d > like to see some kind of response before making a decision to last-call the > draft. > > Thanks, > -Benson > > > _______________________________________________ > nvo3 mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/nvo3 _______________________________________________ nvo3 mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/nvo3
