[netconf] Yangdoctors last call review of draft-ietf-netconf-transaction-id-06

[Michal Vaško via Datatracker <[e-mail]>]

Reviewer: Michal Vaško
Review result: Ready with Nits

This is my YANG doctor review of draft-ietf-netconf-transaction-id.

As far as the YANG modules are concerned, they are fairly short and
straightforward. Except for outdated revisions, I have noticed no issues.

I have also quickly read through the whole document and managed to understand
the main idea of the document, also thanks to the numerous examples, so that is
appreciated. I only have 2 comments. In Section 3.9. there is "The
<copy-config>` operation...", a stray ` should be removed. Also, in Section
4.2. there is a text about how the timestamp value should be generated. In
short and using POSIX clocks, it is RECOMMENDED to be close to CLOCK_REALTIME
but MUST have no jumps backward just like CLOCK_MONOTONIC. So what exactly is
an implementation supposed to do, maintain its own clock that satisfies both
conditions? Some more guidance would be useful. Even if going with something
like taking CLOCK_REALTIME on boot and manually adding CLOCK_MONOTONIC to it,
after some time jumps you will end up with a different time than the system
CLOCK_REALTIME, so the actual real time, is this really desired and acceptable?

Regards,
Michal Vasko