Promote BIER Architecture and Encapsulation to Proposed Standard (based on updating charter)
status-change-bier-core-to-proposed-standard-01

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Cc: draft-ietf-bier-mpls-encapsulation@ietf.org,
    Greg Shepherd ,
    bier@ietf.org,
    The IESG ,
    draft-ietf-bier-architecture@ietf.org,
    aretana.ietf@gmail.com,
    Tony Przygienda ,
    rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org,
    bier-chairs@ietf.org
Subject: Document Action: Encapsulation for Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) in MPLS and Non-MPLS Networks to Proposed Standard

The IESG has approved changing the status of the following document:
- Encapsulation for Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) in MPLS and
Non-MPLS Networks
  (rfc8296) to Proposed Standard

This document action is documented at:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/status-change-bier-core-to-proposed-standard/

A URL of the affected document is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc8296/

Status Change Details:

The BIER WG was initially chartered for Experimental work.  These
two RFCs were of the quality necessary for Proposed Standard, but
were published before the WG was rechartered.  The BIER WG is
now being rechartered to do Standards Track specifications and the
core of the BIER technology is ready to also be promoted to that status.

Personnel

  Alvaro Retana is the responsible Area Director.

The following approval message was sent
From: The IESG
To: IETF-Announce 
Cc: draft-ietf-bier-mpls-encapsulation@ietf.org,
    Greg Shepherd ,
    bier@ietf.org,
    The IESG ,
    draft-ietf-bier-architecture@ietf.org,
    aretana.ietf@gmail.com,
    Tony Przygienda ,
    rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org,
    bier-chairs@ietf.org
Subject: Document Action: Multicast Using Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) to Proposed Standard

The IESG has approved changing the status of the following document:
- Multicast Using Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER)
  (rfc8279) to Proposed Standard

This document action is documented at:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/status-change-bier-core-to-proposed-standard/

A URL of the affected document is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc8279/

Status Change Details:

The BIER WG was initially chartered for Experimental work.  These
two RFCs were of the quality necessary for Proposed Standard, but
were published before the WG was rechartered.  The BIER WG is
now being rechartered to do Standards Track specifications and the
core of the BIER technology is ready to also be promoted to that status.

Personnel

  Alvaro Retana is the responsible Area Director.

The following Last Call announcement was sent out (ends 2018-03-08):

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To: IETF-Announce
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Sender:
Subject: Last Call: Promote BIER Architecture and Encapsulation to Proposed Standard (based on updating charter)


The IESG has received a request from an individual participant to make the
following status changes:

- RFC8279 from Experimental to Proposed Standard
    (Multicast Using Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER))

- RFC8296 from Experimental to Proposed Standard
    (Encapsulation for Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) in MPLS and
    Non-MPLS Networks)

The supporting document for this request can be found here:

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/status-change-bier-core-to-proposed-standard/

The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final
comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the
ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2018-03-08. Exceptionally, comments may be
sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of
the Subject line to allow automated sorting.

The affected documents can be obtained via
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc8279/
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc8296/

IESG discussion of this request can be tracked via
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/status-change-bier-core-to-proposed-standard/ballot/