Re: adding rfcs to distribution

2006-07-27 Thread G. S. Marzot
Wes Hardaker wrote: >> On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:47:33 -0400, "G. S. Marzot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> said: > > G> I think I still vote 4) ... one of the very reasons being that some > G> people don't know the errata exists...and I don't think anyone we > G> care about will think we are idiots

Re: adding rfcs to distribution

2006-07-27 Thread G. S. Marzot
see below for answer... but oh my...I did not do what I thought I did...applying the errata appears to need to be done by hand...I thought I had downloaded already patched files... Now I suppose that we should archive the RFC and errata separately...and let the interested reader consult the rfc##

Re: adding rfcs to distribution

2006-07-27 Thread Wes Hardaker
> On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:47:33 -0400, "G. S. Marzot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > said: G> I think I still vote 4) ... one of the very reasons being that some G> people don't know the errata exists...and I don't think anyone we G> care about will think we are idiots for quoting/publishing the th

Re: adding rfcs to distribution

2006-07-27 Thread Wes Hardaker
> On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 09:51:28 -0400, "G. S. Marzot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > said: G> I vote just the RFCs (protocol/smi) too...the extracted MIBs are G> elsewhere...and not sure how much added value there is in repeating G> them within the RFCs. I'd actually think the MIB RFCs would be he

Re: adding rfcs to distribution

2006-07-27 Thread Dave Shield
On 27/07/06, G. S. Marzot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robert Story wrote: > > Most people don't even realize the errata exists. So if you go about saying > > "RFC says 'blah'", and 'blah' was part of the errata, then others whoe > > only have the original RFC (most people) are going to be con

Re: adding rfcs to distribution

2006-07-27 Thread G. S. Marzot
Robert Story wrote: > On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:08:19 -0400 G. wrote: > GSM> the benefit of shipping the RFCs is mostly convenience as they can be > GSM> retrieved elsewhere...of course we should strive to have this element of > GSM> the documentation be as accurate updated as possible...why would any

Re: adding rfcs to distribution

2006-07-27 Thread Robert Story
On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:08:19 -0400 G. wrote: GSM> the benefit of shipping the RFCs is mostly convenience as they can be GSM> retrieved elsewhere...of course we should strive to have this element of GSM> the documentation be as accurate updated as possible...why would anyone GSM> want the original v

Re: adding rfcs to distribution

2006-07-27 Thread G. S. Marzot
Robert Story wrote: > On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 09:32:46 -0400 G. wrote: > GSM> also noting that the commit I have would contain the most updated > versions > GSM> (i.e., +errata). > > How many of the RFCs contained errata? about 6-7...I didn't count exactly > > GSM> I think like anything, we would

Re: adding rfcs to distribution

2006-07-27 Thread Robert Story
On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 09:32:46 -0400 G. wrote: GSM> also noting that the commit I have would contain the most updated versions GSM> (i.e., +errata). How many of the RFCs contained errata? GSM> I think like anything, we would do our best to keep everything as updated GSM> as possible... I think thi

Re: adding rfcs to distribution

2006-07-27 Thread Robert Story
On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:19:44 +0100 Dave wrote: DS> > Do you think we should include MIB RFCs too? DS> DS> Let's start with the protocol RFCs. DS> We can add other RFCs later if we feel it would be useful. I agree. DS> I'd forgotten that we don't already have a docs (or doc) directory. Me too!

Re: adding rfcs to distribution

2006-07-27 Thread G. S. Marzot
Robert Story wrote: > On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 09:11:14 +0100 Dave wrote: > DS> On 26/07/06, G. S. Marzot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > DS> > Thought it might be good idea to add the SNMP rfcs to the distro... > DS> > DS> The full RFCs, rather than just the MIB files, you mean? > > Actually, it's just

Re: adding rfcs to distribution

2006-07-27 Thread G. S. Marzot
G. S. Marzot wrote: > another vote for under net-snmp/doc > > since the pluralization seems unneeded > > the final proposal is > > net-snmp/doc/rfc/... > > to help prevent carpal-tunnel-syndrome > > -G also noting that the commit I have would contain the most updated versions (i.e., +errata).

Re: adding rfcs to distribution

2006-07-27 Thread Dave Shield
On 27/07/06, Robert Story <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > DS> The full RFCs, rather than just the MIB files, you mean? > > Actually, it's just the RFCs for the protocol/smi, I think. Not any of the MIB > RFCs. > > Do you think we should include MIB RFCs too? Let's start with the protocol RFCs. We can

Re: adding rfcs to distribution

2006-07-27 Thread Robert Story
On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 09:11:14 +0100 Dave wrote: DS> On 26/07/06, G. S. Marzot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: DS> > Thought it might be good idea to add the SNMP rfcs to the distro... DS> DS> The full RFCs, rather than just the MIB files, you mean? Actually, it's just the RFCs for the protocol/smi, I t

Re: adding rfcs to distribution

2006-07-27 Thread Dave Shield
On 26/07/06, G. S. Marzot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thought it might be good idea to add the SNMP rfcs to the distro... The full RFCs, rather than just the MIB files, you mean? Yes - that sounds a good idea to me. And your proposed structure seems fine. (I've got my own local copies organised

Re: adding rfcs to distribution

2006-07-27 Thread G. S. Marzot
another vote for under net-snmp/doc since the pluralization seems unneeded the final proposal is net-snmp/doc/rfc/... to help prevent carpal-tunnel-syndrome -G --- Begin Message --- On 7/27/06, G. S. Marzot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thought it might be good idea to add the SNMP rfcs to the