Got it.
Thanks for your clarification of your point. 

Jingrong

-----Original Message-----
From: 神明達哉 [mailto:jin...@wide.ad.jp] 
Sent: Saturday, February 29, 2020 9:28 AM
To: Xiejingrong (Jingrong) <xiejingr...@huawei.com>
Cc: Ted Lemon <mel...@fugue.com>; Pablo Camarillo (pcamaril) 
<pcama...@cisco.com>; Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpen...@gmail.com>; Bob 
Hinden <bob.hin...@gmail.com>; Joel M. Halpern <j...@joelhalpern.com>; 
spring@ietf.org; 6...@ietf.org
Subject: Re: Suggest some text //RE: [spring] Request to close the LC and move 
forward//RE: WGLC - draft-ietf-spring-srv6-network-programming

At Fri, 28 Feb 2020 07:54:28 +0000,
"Xiejingrong (Jingrong)" <xiejingr...@huawei.com> wrote:

> The design of PSP for the benefits of deployment is based on the 
> understanding that it does not violate section 4 of RFC8200. In case 
> the RFC8200 text may be modified in the future, the PSP may also need to 
> change accordingly.

No, it violates Section 4 of RFC8200.  It's a pity that we have to discuss it 
at this level due to the poor editorial work then (I was also responsible for 
that as one of those reviewing the bis draft), but anyone who involved the 
discussion should know the intent of this text intended to say (borrowing from 
Ron's text) "Extension headers cannot be added to a packet after it has left 
the its source node and extension headers cannot be removed from a packet until 
it has arrived at its ultimate destination".  It might look "an attempt of 
blocking an innovation by a small group of vocal fundamentalists", but if you 
see the responses without a bias, you'd notice that even some of those who seem 
neutral about the underlying SRv6 matter interpret the text that way.

I'd also note that simply because PSP violates RFC8200 doesn't immediately mean 
it (PSP) "needs to change".  It can update RFC8200 with explaining why it's 
necessary and justified.  That's what I requested as you summarized:

> Jinmei: it should say it updates this part of RFC8200 and explain why it's 
> justified.

And, since PSP at least wouldn't break PMTUD, I guess the update proposal will 
have much more chance to be accepted than a proposal including EH insertion.  
On the other hand, pretending there's no violation will certainly trigger many 
appeals and objections at the IETF last call (I'll certainly object to it).  In 
the end, it can easily take much longer, or even fail, than formally claiming 
an update to RFC8200.

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JINMEI, Tatuya
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