> -----Original Message-----
> From: Juergen Schoenwaelder <[email protected]>
> Sent: 26 February 2021 17:55
> To: Rob Wilton (rwilton) <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [netmod] type equivalence
>
> On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 03:27:39PM +0000, Rob Wilton (rwilton) wrote:
> >
> > Sure, but if we are going to submit an errata for this definition, we
> want to ensure that updated definition is clear in all axes, not only the
> specific issue that was originally raised.
> >
>
> This is where the IETF shines, there is an attempt to fix a minor
> problem and the result is N additional possible problems are put on
> the table to be considered as well before the minor problem can be
> fixed. My interest was the original question since I did run into it,
> my interest is low in fixing all other possible problems that people
> can think of.
[RW]
I'm not convinced that accurately describes the situation.
If it helps to clarify, I have three specific goals here:
(1) Check that the proposed corrected text doesn't contain further bugs that
also need to be fixed. After all you cannot file an errata on an errata, and
it doesn't look great for me if I have to request that a verified errata is
changed to rejected because it contains further issues in a two sentence
paragraph.
(2) Workout whether the errata can be marked as verified, hold for update, or
needs to be rejected.
(3) Check that the same bug doesn't exist in other places. I agree that this
is a tangential goal, and I have already forked this into a separate thread, as
you had requested.
I am not asking you to generically fix or define "semantics", but I really
would like our proposed replacement text to be entirely unambiguous, and
contain no further issues.
E.g., I'm wondering, would your proposed new definition allow us to change from
the IETF to IEEE MAC address definition? The underlying type is the same
(String), and arguably the semantics of both types is the same (i.e., they both
represent an IEEE 802 MAC address), but the syntax of the two types clearly
differs.
Regards,
Rob
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