Re: Latest posted agenda for SMIng meeting at the 49th IETF...

[Wes Hardaker <wes@hardakers.net>]

>>>>> On Fri, 29 Dec 2000 06:55:38 -0500, Jon Saperia <saperia@jdscons.com> said:

Jon> 2. Where on the range of change are we targeting, for example:

Jon> A. Minor - minimum fixes to cause convergence.
Jon> B. Substantial - in addition to convergence changes,
Jon>                  additions for features like aggregate objects, a
Jon>                  bit of OO.
Jon> C. Significant - A new fully featured language including
Jon>                  full OO support.

D. An entirely different beast - usage of new features of the language
   may mean that the way the protocol(s) is interpreted might be
   changed.  (As an example, do you want to drop the Entry node
   requirement for tables created in the future in the new language
   (this doesn't mean that there wouldn't be a way to specify it for
   translation/backwards-compatibility purposes)?)

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Wes Hardaker
NAI Labs
Network Associates