RE: use of OBJECT-IDENTITY

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

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Juergen answers me:
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> 
> On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 04:44:04PM +0100, Wijnen, Bert (Bert) wrote:
> 
> > In draft-ietf-dhc-server-mib-10.txt I see the use of
> > OBJECT-IDENTITY that I think was not intended.
> 
> I agree. But I think there is nothing in the written SMI that renders
> this illegal. 

I know, and that is why I bring it to MIB Doctors list. TO try and get
some discussion and to try and come up with a common/consistent answer
that we should gibve when we see this type of use.

> This usage of the OBJECT-IDENTITY macro also raises 
> interesting questions what the status clause really means for the
> things registered on that branch...
> 
It seems that the branch should always stay current and that stuff
underneed it may get deprecated or obsoleted. Would that not work?

Bert
> /js
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