Re: [netmod] RFC 7950 - Import without revision

[Martin Bjorklund <[e-mail]>]

Robert Wilton <[e-mail]> wrote:
> in RFC 7950, The last paragraph, section 5.1.1 "Import and Include by
> Revision" states:
> 
> "If a module is not imported with a specific revision, it is undefined
> which revision is used."
> 
> But I was wondering if the above text is misleading, since section
> 5.6.5: "Implementing a Module" has the following two paragraphs:
> 
>    If a server implements a module A that imports a module C without
>    specifying the revision date of module C and the server does not
>    implement C (e.g., if C only defines some typedefs), the server MUST
>    list module C in the "/modules-state/module" list from
>    "ietf-yang-library" [RFC7895 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7895>],
>    and it MUST set the leaf
>    "conformance-type" to "import" for this module.
> 
>    If a server lists a module C in the "/modules-state/module" list from
>    "ietf-yang-library" and there are other modules Ms listed that import
>    C without specifying the revision date of module C, the server MUST
>    use the definitions from the most recent revision of C listed for
>    modules Ms.
> 
>    The reason for these rules is that clients need to be able to know
>    the specific data model structure and types of all leafs and
>    leaf-lists implemented in a server.
> 
> This seems to imply that import without specifying the revision would
> mean that the latest revision listed in ietf-yang-library must be the
> one that is imported.  Is that correct, or am I misinterpreting the
> text?

This is correct.

> Hence, should the last paragraph of section 5.1.1 be deleted?

No I don't think it should.  From the perspective of a given module
that imports another module w/o revision, it is undefined which
revision is used - however in any given server the revision used is
deterministic.


/martin