[ih] Why is TUBA assigned IP version 9

[cos at aaaaa.org (Ofer Inbar)]

> > Anyone know why TUBA was assigned IP version 9?
> > 
> >   <http://www.iana.org/assignments/version-numbers/version-numbers.xhtml>
> > 
> > Wouldn't the mere use of TUBA obviate the need for an IP version number
> > assignment?


Vint Cerf <vint at google.com> wrote:
> We assigned numbers temporarily but v6 was the next in "line" after v5 was
> abandoned. V

To clarify, what I recall is that the various candidates for "IP next
generation" were each assigned a version number (arbitrarily?) before
we knew which would be chosen, and the final choice - which turned out
to be a hybrid - then got v6.  For years we were talking about "IPng".
  -- Cos