Re: [Rtg-yang-coord] Operational State Modeling

	Speaking as an individual, while what Juergen says is true, that does not mean that existing models can never be refactored. 

	—Tom


> On May 13, 2015:6:35 AM, at 6:35 AM, Juergen Schoenwaelder <j.schoenwaelder@jacobs-university.de> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 12:51:41AM -0700, Anees Shaikh wrote:
>> 
>> Regarding compatibility with existing models, I really don't agree at all
>> that the existing RFC models should constrain what we do when trying to
>> meet the requirements of people trying to build real systems that use YANG
>> models.    With all respect to the authors of those few models (which we
>> leverage considerably in our models), YANG models are software code, and
>> should be treated as such IMO.  We don't say that software is "done" and
>> can't change -- it evolves and improves over time, sometimes in
>> non-backward-compatible ways.  And we don't issue a final version of
>> software without considerable experience using and testing it in production.
>> 
> 
> Standards and software are not the same. The value of standards is
> that they provide a stable basis. In other words, the value of
> standards is that they do not change every other day. Yes, you can
> rewrite standardized data models but the cost of doing so is high and
> hence the benefit of rewriting something must be high. I do not see
> this here - not even remotely.
> 
> /js
> 
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