On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 8:24 AM, David Reid <r...@snmp.com> wrote: > > There seems to be 3 solutions, none of which are very good: > > > > 1) document everything: return lots of > > instance-level conformance information and expect the client > > to sort it out > > > > 2) Advertise the newer version and let the client figure out > > that some instances only allow 1 - 10 > > > > 3) Advertise the older version and let the client figure out > > that some instances allow 1 - 20. > > > > > > YANG says to do (3). > > Where does YANG tell which version the server should advertise? > >
Not sure but advertising range 1 - 10 is safe since all instances support that. Presumably, the reason we advertise capabilities is so the client will only try operations that it thinks the server supports. The downside for inaccuracy is either (2) false advertising or (3) under-advertising -David Reid > > Andy
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