Re: draft-ietf-magma-mgmd-mib-15.txt

Hi Paul,

Schirl, Paul wrote:
> All,
> 
>   All statements like the one below in this MIB text won’t compile for me.
> 
>  
> 
> SYNTAX     InetAddressType { ipv4(1), ipv6(2) }
> 
>  
> 
>  From RFC 4011 (INET-ADDRESS-MIB):
> 
>  
> 
>          To support future extensions, the InetAddressType textual
> 
>          convention SHOULD NOT be sub-typed in object type definitions.
> 
>          It MAY be sub-typed in compliance statements in order to
> 
>          require only a subset of these address types for a compliant
> 
>          implementation.
> 

The key phrase here is "SHOULD NOT".  In the case of the MGMD MIB, the 
InetAddressType objects need to be limited to specific families based on 
the protocols being supported (IGMP and MLD).  The MIB Doctor performing 
the review encouraged this sub-typing in conjunction with the sub-typing 
of the InetAddress objects.

We have verified that this mib does compile with multiple standards 
compliant MIB compilers.

Regards,
Brian