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Re: [netmod] Obsolete feature - what does it mean?

Randy Presuhn <randy_presuhn@alumni.stanford.edu> Wed, 27 February 2019 18:42 UTC

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Subject: Re: [netmod] Obsolete feature - what does it mean?
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Hi -

On 2/27/2019 10:17 AM, Kent Watsen wrote:
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> If so, then there should be a way for the server to indicate which 
> discretionary choices it made.   I'd suggest that "obsolete" defaults to 
> "not-implemented" and thus only servers that want to continue support 
> for the node need to indicate anything.  A deviation would be a good fit 
> for this.

Are you saying that legacy boxes sitting in dark closets
would somehow be updated to provide this indication?

Randy

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