Hi Les,

Agree that we have discussed all this also on the WG mailer previously - so
they are not new.  I also agree that these two points are wider beyond the
scope of this document (agreed at adoption) - just that they are perhaps a
"next step".

That is why I've said that these points are non-blocking - the document
clearly states that these are outside the scope as well.

I hope we (the WG) will tackle those aspects in separate document(s).

Thanks,
Ketan


On Thu, Jul 4, 2024 at 12:23 AM Les Ginsberg (ginsberg) <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Ketan –
>
>
>
> Thanx for the support.
>
> Responses inline.
>
>
>
> *From:* Ketan Talaulikar <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 3, 2024 9:56 AM
> *To:* Yingzhen Qu <[email protected]>
> *Cc:* lsr <[email protected]>; lsr-chairs <[email protected]>
> *Subject:* [Lsr] Re: WG Last Call for draft-ietf-lsr-multi-tlv (7/1/2024
> - 7/15/2024)
>
>
>
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> I thank the authors for the work on this draft and support its
> publication. This work was very much needed for the enablement of new
> feature sets in ISIS networks and the specification will aid
> interoperability.
>
>
>
> My only "grudge" is something that I have brought up previously on this
> draft [1] and perhaps there may still be some interest in the WG/authors to
> take care of them?
>
>
>
> 1) Mandate that the non-key part is identical in all the parts and if not
> recommend that the value in the first part is taken. Or, say something
> about handling this condition than saying "error and out of scope".
>
>
>
> *[LES:] The authors discussed this aspect.*
>
> *What we decided was that the scope of this draft was to clearly define
> the generic aspects of multi-tlv – not to discuss the peculiarities of any
> specific codepoint.*
>
> *With that in mind, Section 4 – and specifically the examples provided –
> is meant only to illustrate what a “key” is.*
>
> *There is considerably more that could be said about each specific
> codepoint – but we believe that is out of scope for this document.*
>
>
>
>
>
> 2) Since the early versions of the draft, a lot of effort has been put on
> cataloguing TLV/sub-TLVs and their applicability for MP. From there, it is
> only one more step to actually specify the "key" and "non-key" parts of
> TLVs (where this is not done already) in an appendix section. This is
> important for interoperability. The draft today covers two of the most
> prominent TLVs but does not cover the others.
>
>
>
> *[LES:] Again, the intent of this document is to clearly describe the
> generic Multi-TLV mechanism – not to discuss the specifics of each
> codepoint. To do so would expand the scope of the document beyond any
> reasonable boundaries.*
>
> *For example, in the case of Neighbor TLVs (such as TLV 22), there are a
> wide variety of implementation strategies.*
>
> *Some implementations send only LinkIDs all the time.*
>
> *Some implementations send endpoint addresses (when available) and not
> Link IDs.*
>
> *Some implementations send endpoint addresses and Link IDs.*
>
> *All of these options are valid – but may impact interoperability
> depending on the “generosity” of the receivers.*
>
> *And some commonality is required – independent of Multi-TLV – in order
> for two-way connectivity check to work correctly.*
>
>
>
> *It is not in the scope of this document to include such a discussion –
> and the use of Multi-TLV does not introduce new issues in this regard.*
>
> *This is why we restricted ourselves to only discussing “what a key is” in
> the examples.*
>
> *The discussion – even for the two examples - is not exhaustive and is not
> meant to be.*
>
>
>
> *If there is a significant interoperability issue with a particular
> codepoint, some other document will have to be written/updated to address
> that.*
>
>
>
> *   Les*
>
>
>
> That said, I won't hold this document if I am in the rough on this.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ketan
>
>
>
> [1] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/lsr/qQkeAHnw2qjrGoySbES4EVafgY4/
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 2, 2024 at 11:39 AM Yingzhen Qu <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> This email begins a 2 week WG Last Call for the following draft: 
> draft-ietf-lsr-multi-tlv-01 - Multi-part TLVs in IS-IS 
> <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-lsr-multi-tlv/>
>
>
>
> Please review the document and indicate your support or objections by July 
> 15th, 2024.
>
> Authors,
>
>
>
> Please indicate to the list, your knowledge of any IPR related to this work.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Yingzhen
>
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