Re: [netmod] Fwd: New Version Notification for draft-verdt-netmod-yang-versioning-reqs-01.txt

[Ebben Aries <[e-mail]>]

On Nov 09 14:42 PM, Martin Bjorklund wrote:
> > The
> > point of requirement 1.4 was to say that the DT felt previous versions
> > of modules needed to support fixes without bringing in elements from head.
> 
> I think this means that you require branching.
> 
> But is this still the point of the "new 1.4" that was mentioned in the
> session?
> 
> However, as Rob Shakir mentioned in the session, there are other ways
> to do fixes / enhacements than branching a single module.  You can add
> new functionality with augment and make changes with deviations.
> 

So we could potentially result in a cleaner set of base model versioning
but augments and deviations that will need somewhat of it's own
branch versioning now.  I often find that consumers/clients make quite a
few assumptions and expectations when one supports model version X (w/o
the realization that it is X+/- for various reasons)

We'll have a namespace problem which will result in namespaces being
inserted (and removed at later dates) which ultimately has an impact on
clients

Possibly a better middle ground but think there are still considerations
here as well as to the overall impact of this approach

/ebben