Hi Acee,

> On Feb 4, 2025, at 1:35 PM, Acee Lindem <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Speaking as document shepherd and LSR Co-chair: 
> 
> Hi Mahesh, 
> 
> 
>> On Feb 4, 2025, at 3:48 PM, Mahesh Jethanandani via Datatracker 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Mahesh Jethanandani has entered the following ballot position for
>> draft-ietf-lsr-flex-algo-bw-con-18: Discuss
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>> DISCUSS:
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>> Section 9, paragraph 0
>>>  Operational consideration defined in [RFC9350] generally apply to the
>>>  extensions defined in this document as well.  This document defines
>>>  metric-type range for user defined metrics.  When user defined
>>>  metrics are used in an inter-area or inter-level network, all the
>>>  domains should assign same meaning to the particular metric-type.
>> 
>> The Operational Consideration in this document refers to Operational
>> Consideration in [RFC9350] which mentions that operators can configure the 
>> FAD,
>> but does not mention how. In other words, is there a YANG model defined to
>> configure this feature? If not, why not?
> 
> Ostensibly, we have flex-algorithm augmentations in: 
> 
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-lsr-isis-yang-augmentation-v1/ 
> <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-lsr-isis-yang-augmentation-v1/>
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-lsr-ospf-yang-augmentation-v1/ 
> <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-lsr-ospf-yang-augmentation-v1/>
> 
> Since flex-algo is becoming a significant area of LSR extension, the 
> co-authors of the above will discuss splitting flex-algo into separate drafts.
> 
> What we really need is the the YANG module versioning to conclude and be 
> implemented so that extensions are less onerous. But that is a separate 
> discussion. 

If these are extensions, can they not be implemented as augmentations of 
existing modules (in a separate draft)? Either way, a mention of the fact that 
an extension (augmentation in YANG terms) of an existing module is needed to 
manage the feature would suffice. 

Thanks.

> 
> 
> 
>> 
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>> COMMENT:
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>> 
>> The document has six authors, which exceeds the recommended author limit. Has
>> the sponsoring AD agreed that this is appropriate.
> 
> I had this discussion with the co-authors (especially given that there were 
> four authors from one vendor) and all the co-authors were involved in the 
> draft and implementation. 
> 
> If we are going to start gating IGP extensions to standardization of YANG 
> model extensions, we are going to need to allow many more authors. 
> 
> Thanks,
> Acee


Mahesh Jethanandani
[email protected]






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