Re: [Netconf] 4741bis -- :url capability issues

Phil Shafer <phil@juniper.net> Sat, 01 May 2010 22:23 UTC

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To: Martin Bjorklund <mbj@tail-f.com>
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Martin Bjorklund writes:
>(But I don't think this is an important feature, and would rather see
>it removed.)

I'm not on board with a 4741bis that removes features or "breaks"
previously working implementations.

There are many things that NETCONF allows that YANG does not, but
that doesn't mean we can reasonably redesign NETCONF into a YANG-only
transport.

Thanks,
 Phil