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Re: Eliminating Appendices B and C



At 03:52 PM 8/12/2003, C. M. Heard wrote:
>Folks --
>
>Since we have decided to eliminate mention of specific MIB compilers
>in the guidelines document, Appendices B and C will be cut, and any
>references to them will be replaced by a pointer to an OPS web page
>with pertinent information.  

I guess this is being done to avoid updating the RFC in case
additional MIB compilers are listed in the future.  This seems
like a lot of work to be politically correct.  I would be surprised
if other MIB compilers of the same caliber as SMICng or smilint
are ever added to the WEB site.

Andy


>I've already sent out proposed text for
>the affected parts of the MIB review checklist;  the only other
>thing that I found requiring change was the last paragraph of
>Section 4.9.  So I propose to change this old text:
>
>   Authors and reviewers may find it helpful to use tools that can list
>   the differences between two revisions of a MIB module.  One such tool
>   is smidiff;  see Appendix B for more information.
>
>with this new text:
>
>   Authors and reviewers may find it helpful to use tools that can list
>   the differences between two revisions of a MIB module.  Please see
>   http://www.ops.ietf.org/mib-review-tools.html for more information.
>
>Any objections?  Please send text if so.
>
>Mike