Re: [netconf] Should Partial Lock be deprecated?

"Sterne, Jason (Nokia - CA/Ottawa)" <jason.sterne@nokia.com> Fri, 04 June 2021 17:14 UTC

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From: "Sterne, Jason (Nokia - CA/Ottawa)" <jason.sterne@nokia.com>
To: Kent Watsen <kent@watsen.net>, Andy Bierman <andy@yumaworks.com>
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Subject: Re: [netconf] Should Partial Lock be deprecated?
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Hi guys,

I've always been a bit doubtful about this RFC as well (complexity and issues vs benefits and likely use cases).

Jason

From: netconf <netconf-bounces@ietf.org> On Behalf Of Kent Watsen
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Subject: Re: [netconf] Should Partial Lock be deprecated?

Hi Andy,

I bet some do not remember we have this RFC
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5717
(So old there is a normative XSD and non-normative YANG module).

I have not seen this RFC used in several years.
Is anyone using it?
Should it be deprecated?
Just curious.

As a contributor, I have never been a fan of this RFC.  Significant complexity for a weak use case.


Regarding the use case, my limited perspective is that rarely does more than one client access a server at a time (esp. when an NMS/orchestrator is in play) and, when it does occur, the access is typically for a brief amount of time, such that having a second client wait doesn’t seem a big deal.

Applications vary, of course, with some (multi-tenant app, socials, etc.) being all about simultaneous access.  To the extent these apps desire YANG-driven interfaces, I much prefer RESTCONF’s If-Match mechanism and would recommend porting it to NETCONF.


Andy

K.