Everyone seems to agree that RFC compliance is very important. The
argument appears to be is not whether we should change the behavior to
be RFC compliant or not, it is more of a matter of when we should change
the default.
Is the current default causing issues currently and breaking network
setups for users?
Do users rely on the current default and take it for granted that a
change would cause issues and break network setups?
No matter what we do we probably going to cause issues to some users.
The goal should be reducing such disruption in service. So, let focus on
how urgent the case (changing the default) is, and how to get there.
Maybe we should agree on a set of event to get us there. We can for
example have a big notice on the download/documentation pages that a
change is coming and what to expect as a user and how to change the
configuration to keep the current behavior once the change eventually
rolls in. Maybe we should send out several emails (usr/dev lists...)
making users aware of the coming change and advice them to add explicit
configuration in the config files to be ready for the change.
Do we care about users? let us talk to them, otherwise changing the
default now or two years from now will largely have the same
consequences. :)
Cheers,
Jafar
On 2016-04-19 21:17, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 07:39:48PM -0400, Lou Berger wrote:
Paul,
You have a valid point on absolutes. One never should say never :-)
That said, we're not talking some obscure feature here . Does any
non-quagga
based vendor, major or otherwise, support the non standard behavior
as the
default? If so , there may be some basis for this discussion. If not ,
and
in my experience , then the current behavior should be viewed as a
bug.
Just one persons (my) opinion...
If upgrading from one version to another without changing anything in
the config causes a major change in behaviour, then that is a bug.
Especially since the config tends to NOT save default values so you
can't
even rely on having set something explicitly to make it keep doing
that.
If you want what was the default but no longer is, you are screwed.
That is NOT good for the user.
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