Re: [YANG] default values

Juergen Schoenwaelder píše v Pá 18. 01. 2008 v 14:29 +0100:
> On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 05:57:09PM +0100, Ladislav Lhotka wrote:
> > Andy Bierman p????e v ??t 17. 01. 2008 v 07:42 -0800:
> > > I strongly object to removing the default-stmt.
> > > As Balazs pointed out, if a WG does not agree on a suitable
> > > default value, they do not have to define one.  This clause
> > > is needed to support NETCONF, not only to provide as much
> > > machine-readable info about the data model characteristics,
> > > but to simplify NETCONF tasks for operators and applications.
> > 
> > Operators should only be concerned with the defaults used by their front
> > ends - and these would typically include much more than just the MUST
> > defaults that YANG can handle.
> 
> I believe the assumption of the availability of a smart frontend 
> won't work for all. For me, usefulness without a smart frontend is a
> requirement. If there are requirements folks here, please write this
> down.

I didn't say "smart frontend". Even the standard input used for
connecting server's ssh subsystem is a frontend (dumb, right). However,
in this case no substitution of defaults happens at the client side and
I would require the poor user to type in all elements&values he wants to
change. In the default merge mode of edit-config it's not an issue
anyway.

Lada

> 
> /js
> 
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Ladislav Lhotka, CESNET
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