Re: [netmod] WG Last Call: draft-ietf-netmod-revised-datastores-04 updates

["t.petch" <[e-mail]>]

This I-D updates RFC7950, since it changes the XPath context that YANG
uses, yet there is no mention of 'Updates'

Well, a purist will say that people can create and use  models using
RFC7950 with no need to have any understanding of this I-D so
technically no 'Updates' is needed.

But a practical engineer will say that the expectation is that many, if
not most, future models will rely on this I-D and its updates to RFC7950
so to say that you do not need to know about it is just misleading.

I am in the latter camp.

I thought of alternatives.  It is true that new models will have a
Normative Reference to this I-D but I suspect that that will not be
enough to alert users.

RFC6087bis could mention it but that is aimed at producers rather than
consumers who are the ones affected.

So. pragmatically, I think that this I-D needs an 'Updates'.

Tom Petch

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Subject: [netmod] WG Last Call: draft-ietf-netmod-revised-datastores-04


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