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Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-charmib-rs232-mib-02.txt

Bob Stewart <rlstewart@xap.xyplex.com> Mon, 04 April 1994 21:21 UTC

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From: Bob Stewart <rlstewart@xap.xyplex.com>
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In-Reply-To: David Perkins's message of Sun, 27 Mar 94 13:13:42 PST <9403272113.AA11505@immer>
Subject: Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-charmib-rs232-mib-02.txt

>Once an OBJECT-GROUP or MODULE-COMPLIANCE
>is defined, it MAY NOT BE CHANGED semanticly.
>This means that objects may not be added or
>removed, or the syntax, access, or other
>clauses modified.

Although this is certainly the rule for an RFC, and should be for a vendor's
MIB released in software, it doesn't seem appropriate to an Internet Draft, as
they are by definition not stable.

	Bob

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