Can folks please chime in on this discussion to help bring it to a close?

I rescinded my AUTH48 “approval” for the tcp-client-server draft pending the 
outcome of this discussion.

PS: I see that Thomas CC-ed NETMOD, which makes sense given a potential update 
to rfc8407bis.

Kent


> On Sep 18, 2024, at 2:52 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> 
> Dear Kent, Andy and Alex,
>  
> I think Alex 
> statementhttps://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/netconf/5Yaiom0B0lDTeSPOvgNfPIEFvBw/,
>  Andy's feedback and guidelines in 
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8407#section-4.4 
> resp.https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-netmod-rfc8407bis-15#section-4.4
>  makes perfectly sense and I don't see why we should do else. As an author, I 
> suggest to add in section 4 of draft-ietf-netmod-rfc8407bis based on the 
> conclusion of this discussion guidelines on reusable YANG groupings.
>  
> Best wishes
> Thomas
>  
> From: Kent Watsen <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2024 3:12 AM
> To: Andy Bierman <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
> Cc: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>; 
> [email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>
> Subject: [netconf] Re: Default statements on udp-client-server groupings
>  
> Be aware: This is an external email.
>  
> Hi Andy, 
>  
> The main purpose for YANG defaults is ease of use.
> If there are less things to configure then the device is easier to use.
> Without a default port then this parameter becomes mandatory to configure.
>  
> Alex is trying to maximize lazy binding.  That is, as a general statement,  
> unless 100% sure, groupings should never specify the “default” or “mandatory” 
> statements, leaving it to terminal “uses” statements to specify.   His 
> comment raises to the level of something that could be an addition to 
> rfc8407bis.  
>  
> Thoughts?
>  
> Kent
>  
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