Re: Status of the WG

[Wes Hardaker <hardaker@tislabs.com>]

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>>>>> On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 13:06:23 -0800, Andy Bierman <abierman@cisco.com> said:

Andy> The cost/benefit ratio for SMIv2.1 seems worthwhile.  The
Andy> need for HC data types has been known since (at least) 1992.
Andy> Mandatory maintenance of SMIv2 is something that should already
Andy> be done, so better late than never.

Regardless of whether or not SMIv3 goes forward, the effort to create
a SMIv2.1 would be well worth it.  I don't think it's a huge amount of
work to fix the known problems and thus shouldn't even detract
potential development of SMIv3 in the first place.

-- 
Wes Hardaker
Network Associates Laboratories