On Fri, Nov 22, 2024 at 08:06:57AM +0000, maqiufang (A) wrote:
> Hi, Juergen,
> 
> 
> 
> I agree that if system configuration changes, any reference to it might cause 
> <intended> to become invalid. As Kent suggested, how about we add some 
> following text in section 6.1 to clarify:
> 
> Server MUST ensure that any updates of <system> do not render <intended> 
> invalid. However, any mechanism for handling these circumstances is outside 
> the scope of this document.
>

For me, this translates into "we designed something that has a problem
for which we have no solution". I do not think this is sound engineering.
 
> 
> Or even go one step further, although out of scope, we can gives some 
> examples to show how to ensure <intended> remains valid:
> 
> ·         Servers internally marked any invalid configuration in <running> 
> caused due to <system> changes as “inactive”

Well, we have no inactive, so this translates into "we designed
something that has a problem and the solution is to use something we
still have to define". I do not think this is sound engineering.
 
> ·         Servers migrate system configuration update in <running>, e.g., by 
> updating configuration data that references stale system nodes
> 
> ·         What else?
>

There were reasons why NMDA has system configuration feeding into
operational. We may just rediscover the reasons for this...

/js

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