Re: [NGO] external module properties

Phil Shafer <phil@juniper.net> Fri, 02 May 2008 03:20 UTC

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To: Andy Bierman <ietf@andybierman.com>
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From: Phil Shafer <phil@juniper.net>
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Andy Bierman writes:
>What if the new 2008-06-01 version of A has another super-cool feature
>in the 'one' grouping (or anywhere else in the module) that module 'zed'
>wants to use?

When the module owner wants to rev their module, they'll need to
explicitly update their module to handle it, rev'ing their module
to prevent the change from rippling down the import chain to
unsuspecting modules that don't have a comprehensive module conformance
section.

Thanks,
 Phil
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