Hi Med,

> On Feb 19, 2024, at 3:29 AM, mohamed.boucad...@orange.com wrote:
> 
> Hi Kent, all,
>  
> I also think that highlighting the exceptions + motivate them makes sense 
> here. A PR to fix that can be seen at [1].

Thank you.  

I hope folks express objections now, before WGLC, as an expeditious resolution 
helps me close off an IESG review comment in NETCONF.


> FWIW, the OLD text was added draft-ietf-netmod-rfc6087bis-17 as per a comment 
> in the AD review [2].

That’s a great find!


> Cheers,
> Med

K.


>  
> [1] 
> https://author-tools.ietf.org/api/iddiff?url_1=https://boucadair.github.io/rfc8407bis/draft-ietf-netmod-rfc8407bis.txt&url_2=https://boucadair.github.io/rfc8407bis/nmda-exceptions/draft-ietf-netmod-rfc8407bis.txt
>  
> [2] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/netmod/B4TUQZf7jud5wqrBwzEqEND6-rw/
>  
>  
> De : netmod <netmod-boun...@ietf.org <mailto:netmod-boun...@ietf.org>> De la 
> part de Kent Watsen
> Envoyé : vendredi 16 février 2024 21:55
> À : Andy Bierman <a...@yumaworks.com <mailto:a...@yumaworks.com>>
> Cc : netmod@ietf.org <mailto:netmod@ietf.org>
> Objet : Re: [netmod] Rfc8407 - what does this text mean?
>  
> Hi Andy,
>  
> Thanks for the speedy reply.
>  
> This guidance seems inverted, at least within the IETF (where SHOULDs are 
> interpreted as MUSTs), and likely outside the IETF also, assuming rfc8407 is 
> read.  See the first paragraph of 
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8407#section-4.23.3 
>  
> I doubt any module would get past the IETF-publication process now if it 
> defined a non-NMDA compliant structure (i.e., CF nodes that provide the 
> opstate value for CT nodes), unless it was a “temporary non-NMDA module” 
> (https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8407#section-4.23.3.1).
>  
> Since this, for awhile now, is the normal thing to do, the text highlighted 
> in my OP seems to have little to no value.  That said, an “inverted” 
> statement would have some value, that is, to explicitly highlight if the 
> document defines any “temporary non-NMDA modules”.  This would be akin to 
> highlighting when a document defines any IANA-maintained modules.
> 
> 
> I am proposing to update the text in rfc8407bis accordingly (to invert the 
> guidance).  Thoughts?
> 
> 
> If there is agreement to update this text accordingly, I will delete the 
> "Adherence to the NMDA” section in all my drafts, since none of them define a 
> “temporary non-NMDA module”.
>  
> PS: top-posting for simplicity
>  
> K.
>  
>  
> 
> 
> On Feb 16, 2024, at 3:25 PM, Andy Bierman <a...@yumaworks.com 
> <mailto:a...@yumaworks.com>> wrote:
>  
>  
>  
> On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 12:07 PM Kent Watsen <kent+i...@watsen.net 
> <mailto:kent%2bi...@watsen.net>> wrote:
> NETMOD,
>  
> An IESG member reviewing one of my drafts flagged a section I had written to 
> satisfy this text from 
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8407#section-3.5:
>  
>        If the document contains a YANG module(s) that is compliant with NMDA
>        [RFC8342], then the Introduction section should mention this fact.
>  
>        Example:
>  
>          The YANG data model in this document conforms to the Network
>          Management Datastore Architecture defined in  RFC 8342.
>  
>  
> What does "compliant with NMDA” actually mean?   Are not all modules 
> “compliant”, even if they unnecessarily define some opstate nodes?
>  
>  
> I do not recall the discussions that led to that text.
>  
> Does this sentence actually point to if the document publishes any so called 
> “-state” modules, defined only to support legacy “non-NMDA” servers?
>  
>  
> I think the state modules are optional, so it is still unclear what NMDA 
> conformance means for a YANG module. 
>  
>  
> Does it make sense to clarify this text, since rfc8407bis is an open WG 
> document at the moment?
>  
> maybe it means to follow all the guidelines in 4.23.3
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8407#section-4.23.3
>  
> maybe remove this other text you cite.
>  
>  
>  
> Thanks,
> Kent
>  
>  
> Andy
>  
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