[rrg] [Int-area] Please respond: Questions from the IESG as towhether a WG forming BOF is necessary for LISP

[Noel Chiappa]

    > From: Xu Xiaohu <xuxh at huawei.com>

    > The to-be-formed WG should not only focus on LISP, but also focus on
    > other map&encap solutions.

The problem is that if you diffuse the WG focus like this, it will slow
things down. The IETF practise in the past has been, when there are multiple
protocols which overlap in functionality, to do each one in a separate WG
precisely so each can focus on their own protocol.

        Noel