Pau Espin Pedrol has posted comments on this change. ( 
https://gerrit.osmocom.org/12243 )

Change subject: make gsup ipa name configurable in osmo-sgsn.cfg
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Patch Set 3:

> > Patch Set 3:
 > >
 > > > I don't see a beneficial use case in clearing the IPA name
 > before
 > >  > saving the current config. Why would anyone want to omit that
 > name?
 > >  > If we require the name to be stored in the config file, why
 > should
 > >  > it not always be saved when the file gets written out?
 > >
 > >
 > > I don't get you there. I don't see anywhere that it is REQUIRED
 > that the name is stored in the config file. That's why we have
 > defaults right? When storing the config back into the cfg file we
 > usually have same approach. If it's the default value, don't save
 > it, because it means the user simply wants the default value and we
 > may decide later that another default value is better, this way the
 > user can benefit from it for free. It also keeps config files
 > shorter and easy to find "user specific values".
 >
 > But... wait... my patch saves the ipa-name to the config file only
 > if the user has overridden it. If the user does not change it, the
 > 'ipa-name' line won't appear in the saved configuration.
 >
 > You sound like you believed we'd save the default name
 > "MSC-00-00-00-00-00-00"?
 > That is not the case!
 >
 > Does this address your concern or did I misunderstand you?

I was just replying that I still lack a "no ipa-name" in order to be able to go 
back to default before saving the config, but I didn't really understand your 
arguments against it, I was just stating I don't get them and trying to explain 
why. I know your patch currently doesn't do that.


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