hi David,
my response bellow,
regads.
P.S. It might also be argued that the paradox you note could be a
blessing in disguise as it means those in developing countries will
make the shift to IPv6 that much sooner.
The problem with this, is that there isn't a transition method that allows
IPv6-only networks to connect to the IPv4 world, so until there's a
way to do that, this isn't going to happen.
The proposal's spirit, is to give each RIR the opportunity to develop
their own transition plan, it can be restrictive or super-restrictive, I think
this is up to the community.
This policy affects the outcome on how many /8s are finally assigned
after the pool has exhausted. Of course some may benefit, some not,
but we have already a precedence, in a case where a region would benefit
and decided to turn down a proposal (IPv4 HD-Ratio).
Even IANA benefits from the proposal, so I think we should concentrate
on the size of the final allocation, which has been the main drawback.
-francisco
