Hi Tony,

On Apr 18, 2014, at 6:28 PM, prz <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, 18 Apr 2014 20:41:13 +0000, Acee Lindem <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>> Hi Peter,
>> 
>> On Apr 18, 2014, at 12:57 PM, Peter Psenak <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Acee,
>>> 
>>> I do not see any problem with routers with various compatibility modes 
>>> living in area/network together. With all the modes we have, we provide the 
>>> possibility of graceful migration from old to new LSA types. I don't think 
>>> we need to restrict any combination. Sure, if someone mix "full" and 
>>> "none", then it can not expect the full reachability between them, but that 
>>> does not mean we have to prohibit it.
>> 
> 
> Zipped through the diffs on the new one. See most work went into migration. 
> Two observations:
> 
> . nitpick: WILL is _not_ any kind of normative language. Use MUST

Ok - I’ll search these out. 


> . the only reason the migration holds together without stable loops is that 
> there is an implicit assumption in the draft (I didn't see it spelled out but 
> then again I skimmed over it only) that the metric advertised in TLVs and old 
> style is always absolutely the same. I suggest to spell that out strongly.

It is implicit but it seems rather obvious that if one originates the 
non-extended and extended versions of the same LSA, the content MUST be the 
same. However, I can state this explicitly. 

Thanks,
Acee 





> 
> --- tony

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