Re: [YANG] new pyang errors

Hi -

> From: "Phil Shafer" <phil@juniper.net>
> To: "Ladislav Lhotka" <lhotka@cesnet.cz>
> Cc: <yang@ietf.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 9:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [YANG] new pyang errors 
...
> My view of configuration is that if you set it, it should be there.
> If you didn't set it, it shouldn't be there.  If you want extra
> information, ask for it.  But the normal view of configuration
> should be restricted to only what the user or application expressed
> configured.

Strongly disagree.  Operationally, one needs to be able to
determine what the configuration actually *is*, regardless of
whether it was ever expressed by a user or application.

> This leads directly to my interpretation of "mandatory".  A mandatory
> config statement is one that some user or application must expressly
> configure.  If the configuration is valid without the statement,
> then it's not mandatory.
...

This is sufficient to configure a device, but it's not
configuration management.

Randy

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