Re: [Isis-wg] draft-amante-isis-reverse-metric-01

Tony Li <tony.li@tony.li> Mon, 06 December 2010 08:29 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Isis-wg] draft-amante-isis-reverse-metric-01
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Les,

Aren't we supposed to be making it easier to operate a network?  It seems like adding 'workarounds' is the wrong direction: you're adding complexity to operations in conjunction with the requested functionality.

Tony