RE: MIB Dr. review of draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-te-mib-09.txt

["Wijnen, Bert (Bert)" <bwijnen@lucent.com>]

W.r.t.
> > > 19) gmplsTunnelHopExpRvrsLabel and gmplsTunnelHopExpReverseLabelPtr
> > >
> > > Please change Rvrs to Reverse.
> >
> > Nack
> > Please see point 21 about name lengths
> 
> In other objects in this MIB module are named using the entire
> word Reverse ( e.g.
> GmplsTunnelReversePerfEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
>      gmplsTunnelReversePerfPackets     Counter32,
>      gmplsTunnelReversePerfHCPackets   Counter64,
>      gmplsTunnelReversePerfErrors      Counter32,
>      gmplsTunnelReversePerfBytes       Counter32,
>      gmplsTunnelReversePerfHCBytes     Counter64
>    })
> 
> So please either change these to all use Rvrs or instead of Rvrs use
> the entire word, Reverse.   Similarly with the use of Fwd and Forward,
> if you decide to use Reverse, then please use the entire word, Forward.
> If you decide to use Rvrs, then please use Fwd.    I prefer the words
> spelled out but just please be consistent.
> 

I have explained repeatedly (and it has been in the MIB review guidelines
(now RFC4181) for a long time), the 32 char limit is relaxed. 

And in general, consistency is MUCH more important (I think) than
limiting to 32 chars.

Bert