Re: RFC 1289 and Phase IV-Prime questions and nasty "-"

[Art Berggreen <[e-mail]>]

>I have been asked if 1289 is going to be modified to include Phase IV-Prime
>functions before it is spun to Draft Standard status.

"Phase IV-Prime", "Phase IV-Plus", What is the official DEC nomenclature
(if there is one)?

>My current view is that the MIB was created to instrument a specific set of
>functions and that I would like not to add any more objects or groups to this
>mib for Phase IV-Prime.  The only thing that would convince me that we should
>add the new functions is if there were a public demand for these new
>features on this list.
>
>So.. unless people speak up to the contrary stating that they have Phase 
>IV-Prime implementations and they really want to add the instrumentation with
>new MIB elements, I would be reluctant to add them to this MIB.  In fact, a
>new working group would probably have to be formed anyway to do the work.

Unless DEC can be persuaded to publish the Phase IV-Prime extensions
(something I'd really like done), I don't think it's a good idea to
base part of a MIB on undocumented protocol extensions (even if they
have generally been figured out).

Art