Hi Esko,

> On Jan 13, 2026, at 12:32 AM, Esko Dijk <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I can understand why this erratum is filed: the (imported) YANG definition 
> from RFC 8366 defines "idevid-issuer" as optional, with a "MUST include" only 
> for cases where serial-numbers are not unique in MASA scope.
> That is not so clear from the RFC 8995 text.  So the answer is not option 1, 
> which would imply that "is included" == mandatory to include, which it is not.
> 
> So the existing text is not wrong but for some readers it's hard to puzzle 
> all this together. Also there's normative text missing for this item while 
> other items around it do have that.
> The proposed new text is not correct IMO.  So we could hold it for editorial 
> clarification in a new revision of 8995?

If the existing text is not correct, then it does create a problem marking it 
HFDU. I would rather just reject it, and have a new errata filed or just wait 
for a new version of 8995 to address it.

Thanks

> 
> https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid7263 
> 
> Esko
> 
> 
> On 13-1-2026 06:22, Mahesh Jethanandani wrote:
>> I am picking up some of the backlog on the Errata. Rob suggested two 
>> options. I am inclined to go with his first option. Does anyone have any 
>> objection or would prefer the second option? If I do not hear in the next 
>> two weeks, I am going to go with the first option.
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> 
>>> On Jan 17, 2024, at 8:39 AM, Michael Richardson <[email protected]> 
>>> <mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Rob Wilton (rwilton) <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Okay, I can add a clarification to the errata to indicate that RFC 2119
>>>> language is not required for the text to still be normative, and if
>>>> this text is updated, the other sections should be updated in a
>>>> consistent fashion.
>>> 
>>> If you like.
>>> I don't have a strong opinion.  Probably we should have used BCP14 language 
>>> there.
>>> 
>>>> An alternative resolution here is for me to reject the errata,
>>>> indicating that the text is still a normative requirement even though
>>>> it doesn’t use RFC 2119 language.  Specifically, I don’t think that the
>>>> existing text is wrong, but consistently using RFC 2119 keywords may
>>>> add clarity.
>>> 
>>> 
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Mahesh Jethanandani
>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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