Re: [netmod] operational knobs

["Randy Presuhn" <randy_presuhn at mindspring.com>]

Hi -

> From: "Andy Bierman" <andy at netconfcentral.com>
> To: "Romascanu, Dan (Dan)" <dromasca at avaya.com>
> Cc: "NETMOD Working Group" <netmod at ietf.org>
> Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 9:53 AM
> Subject: Re: [netmod] operational knobs
...
> But we don't need to replay the XMLCONF discussions that led to
> the formation of the NETCONF WG.  SMIv2 action knob --> NETCONF <rpc>.
> End of problem (for now).
...

That's what we though we had accomplished with CMIP's "Action".  :-(

There are serious lessons to be learned from the failures there, especially
with regard to access control, how one constructs information models,
and formalizing the description of side-effects, at least to the point where
action X can be said to interoperably accomplish "the same thing" on
both implementations Y and Z.

But you're right - this group has already set its direction, and a Cassandra-
like rehash isn't helpful.

Randy