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Re: [Netconf] Netconf Light or Netconf for constrained devices

Juergen Schoenwaelder <j.schoenwaelder@jacobs-university.de> Sat, 31 March 2012 05:10 UTC

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From: Juergen Schoenwaelder <j.schoenwaelder@jacobs-university.de>
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Subject: Re: [Netconf] Netconf Light or Netconf for constrained devices
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On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 10:07:46AM -0700, Andy Bierman wrote:
 
> But assuming one insisted on using a subset of NETCONF for some reason,
> one can write an applicability statement that documented how to
> advertise the ietf-netconf module plus some deviations to
> identify what is missing from the implementation.  (The AS is only needed
> because we are assuming implementers are too dumb to understand RFC 6020
> I suppose.)

This is kind of funny. The I-D actually says an incomplete NETCONF
implementation calls itself 'NETCONF Light' (and not 'NETCONF'2) while
you seem to prefer that an incomplete NETCONF implementation calls
itself 'NETCONF' and then posts some deviations.

(While server implementors might be too dumb, it might also be that
client implementors are too dumb to handle deviations well.)

/js

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