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Re: [netmod] Module tags

Juergen Schoenwaelder <j.schoenwaelder@jacobs-university.de> Sat, 11 February 2017 13:54 UTC

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From: Juergen Schoenwaelder <j.schoenwaelder@jacobs-university.de>
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Subject: Re: [netmod] Module tags
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On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 07:52:23AM -0500, Christian Hopps wrote:
> 
> Again the in module list allows for single xpath selection of a given
> node for all modules that have a certain tag set. I found this rather
> elegant, so that's why I've argued to keep it. I want to make sure that
> people have considered this before we abandon it.

Can you point me to a set of modules and a concrete query where this
makes sense? I am like Martin not yet convinced that there is a use
case for this.

> Is there a way to get the reset to default behavior? We do allow the
> user to remove default set tags, so I think that's why Lou added that
> RPC.

Note sure whether this (removing of non-configured tags) is a good
idea. Again, concrete use cases might help to make the point.

/js

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