Re: [midcom] MIDCOM MIB design question

["Randy Presuhn" <randy_presuhn@mindspring.com>]

Hi -

> From: "Juergen Quittek" <quittek@ccrle.nec.de>
> To: "Tom Petch" <nwnetworks@dial.pipex.com>
> Cc: <mibs@ops.ietf.org>; <midcom@ietf.org>
> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 9:21 AM
> Subject: Re: [midcom] MIDCOM MIB design question


...
> After doing so we found a portion of objects in one subtree that was
> completely optional with respect to our main goal (implementing the MIDCOM
> protocol over SNMP) and that would be of relevance rather to one or the
> other network management application than to the users of the MIDCOM
> protocol.  Also there were very few dependencies.  Three index objects are
> shared.
...

I agree that this is sufficient reason to think seriously about splitting
it into two modules.  A deciding factor for me would be whether
the implementation of the MIDCOM protocol is at all likely to be a
separate software component.  If it is, then separate modules,
even if published in the same RFC, would be a distinct aid to
developer sanity.

Randy