[rpd] IPv6 as a criteria in IPv4 Soft Landing AFPUB-2026-v6-001-DRAFT01.

[jordi.palet at consulintel.es]

Fully agree. I think my recent response to Theresa provides a bigger context/response.

Regards,
Jordi

@jordipalet


> El 28 may 2026, a las 13:44, Jaco Kroon <jaco at uls.co.za> escribió:
> 
> Hi Seun,
> 
> I don't think anybody at this point in time should become an Afrinic member if they don't deal with reality:  You need to deploy IPv6.
> 
> I do agree it shouldn't run stale - but I'd rather see that happening than people don't actively deploy IPv6.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Jaco
> 
> On 2026/05/28 13:40, Seun Ojedeji wrote:
> 
>> This proposal looks good to me in principle but I'd like to mention that if this is a first v4 request then perhaps V6 deployment plan requirement should not be mandatory.
>> 
>> While we need people to deploy V6, we also don't want V4 to run stale in AFRINIC's vault, a balanced depletion rate may be good. I fear this proposal may reduce depletion rate of v4 which I know may not be the intent.
>> 
>> I also look forward to reading staff analysis of this proposal especially as it concerns V6 justification implementation 
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> ----
>> Sent from my mobile
>> kindly excuse typos
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, 28 May 2026, 3:05 am Darwin Da Costa, <dacostadarwin at gmail.com <mailto:dacostadarwin at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> Dear PDWG,
>>> 
>>> We have received a new draft policy proposal - IPv6 as a criteria in IPv4 Soft Landing ID AFPUB-2026-v6-001-DRAFT01 from author Jordi Palet Martinez. The proposal contents are published at:  
>>> 
>>> https://afrinic.net/afpub-2026-v6-001-draft01 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> We encourage you to take some time to go through the proposal contents and  provide feedback as follows:
>>> 
>>> a)Do you support or oppose the proposal?
>>> 
>>> b) If you oppose the proposal, state your reasons?
>>> 
>>> c) Is there anything in the proposal that is not clear?
>>> 
>>> d) What changes could be made to this proposal to make it more effective?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Vincent Ngundi & Darwin Da Costa
>>> AFRINIC PDWG Co-Chairs
>>> 
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