On Tue, Apr 28, 2015, at 11:25, Carlos Friacas wrote:
"Need" shouldn't be a criteria anymore, as we're in "scarcity-mode"/"run-out" mode...
"Need" should be a criteria again, exactly because we're in run-out mode. Again, "need" starts and ends with "if needed", *withOUT* the "as much as you need" part.
One idea could be: «If the LIR doesn't have any other IPv4 allocation made by the RIPE/NCC (before the run-out phase) besides the /22, if a merge process is needed, the /22 is automatically returned to the pool».
One pretty BAD idea. Not only the small players have a difficult time, but if some of them merge together, this makes sure they stay small. Renumbering is generally delicate for acess customers, and goes to very difficult (adminstratively and process-wise), sometimes limit impossible to running server and services plafroms. The idea is to prevent address hoarding in the first place, not to impose insane limitations on already running things.