[rrg] Consensus call: Reject proposed strategy F?

[William Herrin]

On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 12:55 AM, Ross Callon <rcallon at juniper.net> wrote:
>> > I say we should tell the folks in GROW that it's time to stop
>> > seriously entertaining the idea that vanilla BGP (strategy F)
>> > will work out ok. What do you say?
>>
>> Firstly, given that there are useful things to do with BGP,
>> that will extend its life, I don't think it would at all be
>> appropriate to tell GROW not to put energy into engineering
>> improvements.
>
> I agree with Joel that it would be seriously inappropriate to tell GROW
> (or IDR) to stop thinking about engineering improvements to BGP.


Ross,

Are there BGP improvements for which consideration is ripe, yet which
aren't described in the solutions summary? They should have been
mentioned in the months this document was open to casual additions but
for the rest of this week I'm willing to cut a little slack.

Strategy F is not "continue researching BGP improvements." Strategy F
is "BGP is good enough already."

Do you accept the claim that BGP can be expected to remain viable for
the foreseeable future even if none of the improvements we've
considered pan out? If not, you should reject strategy F.

Regards,
Bill Herrin


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