[AfriNIC-rpd] Softlanding Proposal Update

[SM]

Hi Douglas,
At 00:15 13-05-2009, Douglas Onyango wrote:
>This is the most recent Version of the Softlanding Policy Proposal.

[snip]

>(ii) Exhaustion Phase:
>
>During the exhaustion phase, the following allocation and assignment 
>policy for the last /8 IPv4 address will be used:
>a) Instead of the /22 block (1024) addresses allocated in the 
>current policy, the new minimum allocation size of /23 (512 
>addresses) will be allocated to any LIR that requests for IPv4 
>resources. This is also the maximum allocation size, even though 
>LIRs may request for more than a /23. No LIR may get more than 4 
>additional allocations once the Exhaustion phase has begun.

Which are four additional allocations being proposed during the 
Exhaustion phase?

>b) Together with the v4 allocation, AfriNIC shall allocate an IPv6 
>address block in compliance with the current IPv6 allocation policy 
>(<http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/afpol-v6200407-000.htm>http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/afpol-v6200407-000.htm) 
>to the LIR (in case it doesn't have any).

I don't see why this is being proposed as part of a soft landing 
proposal.  I suggest removing any mention of IPv6 as that is already 
covered under the current IPv6 allocation policy.

Regards,
-sm