Hi,

I agree w/ Balazs and Robert.

> The entire reason for import-by-revision is to make sure that
> the importing module can safely use definitions that have been added after
> the first revision of the imported module.

I don't think this is correct; the reason for import-by-revision is to
protect against a newver revision being used.


/martin


> 
> 
> Andy
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 9:04 PM, Robert Wilton <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > On 15/11/2017 12:48, Balazs Lengyel wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I though our strategy was to always use the latest revision available. At
> > least till now that works for me.
> >
> > Yes, I'm not convinced that the import by revision is really that helpful
> > since it states that it must pull in exactly that version, but really the
> > dependency is "at least version X, assuming newer revisions are backwards
> > compatible".
> >
> > E.g. if/when ietf-yang-types is updated again, it would be cleaner/simpler
> > if the server could just use the latest version rather than having to
> > potentially import multiple revisions.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Rob
> >
> >
> > regards Balazs
> >
> > On 2017-11-15 10:33, Andy Bierman wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > The ietf-yang-library module relies on "yang-identifier", which was added
> > to the 2nd
> > version of the ietf-yang-types. It does not compile unless that version is
> > used.
> >
> >
> > OLD:
> >
> >     import ietf-yang-types {
> >         prefix yang;
> >     }
> >
> >
> > NEW:
> >
> >     import ietf-yang-types {
> >         prefix yang;
> >         revision-date "2013-07-15";
> >         reference "RFC 6991: Common YANG Data Types";
> >     }
> >
> >
> > There are other modules such as ietf-ip that rely on RFC 6991 additions
> > and the import-stmt (in every case) should be changed to specify the
> > required revision-date.
> >
> >
> > Andy
> >
> >
> >
> >
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