I am ok nowadays with using the terminology “Ephemeral”, although for a non-natve speaker it is non-trivial exotic word, particular if the intended usage doesn’t 100% reflect the Webster dictionary intended meaning.
It is only about a year ago i started reading up on i2rs and discovered this particular terminology, and at the time a google search on this terminology was not very conclusive and resulted to some confusion. I understand very well the confusion at play here from non-native english speaker perspective. Adding text to explain the context in which the term Ephemeral is useful/advised. fwiw now that i am used to seeing ‘Ephemeral' as non-permanent config across reboot, i’m adapted its intended purpose… Is the goal to explain the intended meaning in each draft/rfc mentioning it? Be well, G/ > On 24 Mar 2016, at 18:02, Susan Hares <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all: > > <wg chair hat on> > The draft-ietf-i2rs-architecture document has been approved as an RFC. In > the review, the OPS-DIR review indicated that “ephemeral” meant more than > “does not survive a reboot”. They have asked the I2RS working group if > replacing “ephemeral” with non-persistent (across power on/off or reboot > cycles) would be a better choice. > > What do you think – leave at it at “ephemeral” or change to “non-persistent > (across power on/off or reboot cycles) ? We will have a 1 week call on > > This would mean every place that “ephemeral” is listed, the authors would > replace with “non-persistent”. In the first instance, we will indicate > “non-persistent (across power on/off or reboot cycles). > > <wg chair hat off> > > As the author, I think we are better to define ephemeral at the beginning as > “non-persistent (across power on /off or reboot). Changing the definition at > this point, I suspect will simply confuse people. > > Sue Hares > > _______________________________________________ > OPS-DIR mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ops-dir > <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ops-dir>
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