On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 02:53:06PM -0800, Andy Bierman wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The reason the status-stmt is broken is because status=obsolete is not
> inherited from the parent.  The status obsolete means it is gone from the
> server.
> Since YANG data is hierarchical, any descendants of the obsolete node
> are no longer accessible in any way.
>

I am not convinced yet that the status-stmt is broken:

- Not all references in YANG are hierarchical nested nodes.

- References can cross module boundaries and also organizational
  boundaries.

- Tools can create warnings if non-obsolete definitions reference an
  obsolete definition so that editors can make proper updates.

/js

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