Re: [netmod] warn: Module's revisions are not unique (2018-06-28).

[Vladimir Vassilev <[e-mail]>]

On 17/03/2021 19.21, Andy Bierman wrote:
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> On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 8:36 AM Vladimir Vassilev 
> <[e-mail] 
> <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
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> On 16/03/2021 13.36, Vladimir Vassilev wrote:
> > Hei,
> >
> > Many drafts and RFCs are flagged with warnings by the tracker
> > validation tools:
> >
> > ...
> > yanglint SO 1.6.7: yanglint --verbose -p {tmplib} -p {rfclib} -p
> > {draftlib} -p {ianalib} -p {cataloglib} {model} -i:
> > warn: Module's revisions are not unique (2018-06-28).
> >
> > ...
> >
> > Does anyone know what causes this warning?
>
> Seems the warning is issued when [e-mail] is
> processed. It contains 2 revision (history) statements with identical
> dates 2018-06-28.
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> IMO Multiple revision statements with the same date are valid so the
> tool reporting the warning has to be fixed.
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> I disagree.  Our compiler has a similar warning.
>
> The YANG Library treats entries with the exact same module name and 
> revision-date as
> the same module.  The protocols that currently advertise YANG module 
> capabilities
> all use module name and revision-date to identify a unique module 
> revision.
>
> A compiler warning simply means "Are you sure you meant to do this?"
> This is usually a cut-and-paste error.


If the tools could some how indicate that the warning is for an imported 
module and not the one validated it would be easier to differentiate 
between that case and the case the warning is caused by an imported 
standard module like iana-if-type.


Vladimir


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> Andy
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