Re: [netmod] Common etag, timestamp on all interfaces (draft-lindblad-netconf-transaction-id)

Kent Watsen <kent+ietf@watsen.net> Thu, 24 March 2022 23:33 UTC

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> I don’t see a specific need for timestamps, so I can accept your arguments against it. Just add a sentence about it somewhere into the draft. It can be an appendix. 
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> OK with me.
> A timestamp could be added in the future if it is really important enough.


LastModified is drop-dead simple to do and achieves equivalency, no more justification is needed.

The same rules apply:

	- ETag is a MUST, LastModified is a MAY
	- root-node is a MUST, inner-nodes is a MAY

Kent