Subject: Re: [netmod] Proposed consensus mail on yang-00413: import by revision

From: "Ersue, Mehmet (NSN - DE/Munich)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 18:51:03 +0100

I support import-by-revision. I am in favor having it as mandatory
but would not object if it is proposed to be optional.

Mehmet

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email-masked] 
> [mailto:[email-masked]] On Behalf Of ext David Partain
> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 4:13 PM
> To: [email-masked]
> Subject: [netmod] Proposed consensus mail on yang-00413: 
> import by revision
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> This is a call for consensus about issue
> 'yang-00413: import by revision'.  See the wiki at
> http://wiki.tools.ietf.org/wg/netmod/trac/wiki/Issues_yang#issue-00413
> for an introduction.
> 
> This mail documents the conversations at the interim for proposed
> changes / clarifications in text in the YANG document.  As such,
> the question is whether you agree with the interpretation that
> this text intends to document.  There are no new features being
> proposed.
> 
> PLEASE speak up if you favor this consensus (including people who
> attended the interim).
> 
> Issue: Should YANG modules import specific revisions of other
> modules?
> 
> See also the discussion about update rules, which is relevant for
> this issue as well.
> 
> The interim meeting discussed whether to use import-by-revision
> or whether to require changing names when changing the
> groupings/typedefs in a module.
> 
> After much discussion, we reached rough consensus to proceed with
> import by revision.  However, it was quite clear that further
> clarification was necessary (everyone thought so).
> 
> There was also consensus that import by revision will be
> mandatory, but with exceptions.  The exceptions would be for
> modules that "guarantee" that they follow the rules (e.g., IANA
> modules) and will not change things in non-backwardly-compatible
> ways.
> 
> David(s)
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