On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Gert Doering <gert@space.net> wrote:

Hi,

On Tue, May 08, 2012 at 11:23:17AM +0200, Erik Bais wrote:
> > You can find the full proposal at:
> > https://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2011-05
> > Please e-mail any final comments about this proposal to address-policy-wg@ripe.net before 9 May 2012.
>
> I have 1 question before the last-call ends tomorrow. . .
>
> In the grand scheme of things and also seeing the other policies popping up for trying to divide whatever is going to be left from the final /8.
>
> If we all think that this reservation is a good thing for the good of the internet ... (And I agree on the reasoning) is reserving only a /16 from the final /8 enough?
>
> 65k /24's are in the last /8 ... and for future IXP's we 'only' reserve a /16 (256 /24's )
>
> I would rather see that increased to a /14 if possible.

Formally, we can't change anything "just so" at this point in the PDP - so
we'd have to go back to review phase, draft a new policy text, and then
re-do review phase and last call.

If you think this is important enough, please formally voice "strong and
sustained opposition" - which is what it takes to bounce the proposal
back to review phase.

OTOH, since this came from the EIX WG, I think they have a pretty good
idea on the number of IXPs to be expected world-wide, and how much growth
to expect there over the next 5-10 years. Since they seem to be happy
with the proposal as it stands, with a /16, and the constraints that this
brings with it (= 256 new small IXPs, or 128 new IXPs with a /23, etc.),
I would prefer to accept their assumptions and go forward.

Gert Doering
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