On Mon, Jan 09, 2017 at 01:17:09PM -0800, Andy Bierman wrote:
> 
> I think itt is not realistic to say that datastores are optional.
> 
> e.g. <enabled> leaf:  If there is a standard way to enable/disable config
> then individual "enabled" leafs are redundant. However XPath (must/when)
> has no way to describe if the subtree is enabled (which is a show-stopper)

I may not understand what you are saying. From what I know, there are
implementations that allow to 'comment out' nodes and subtrees and
that work with clients in a backwards compatible way.
 
> <foo-config> vs <foo-oper>.  If the applied or operational datastore is
> assumed,
> then there is no need to model the redundant config-as-operstate.
> If this is left out of the model, then the datastore becomes mandatory.
> If it is left in the model, the datasore becomes redundant.
> 
> The basic premise that these datastores are optional is flawed.
> One cannot design a YANG module assuming the datastores are present
> if they are in fact optional.

The claim that all datastores are mandatory is equally flawed.

/js

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