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Re: ModifyRequest OPTIONAL PartialAttribute (Was: protocol-27 comments)
- To: "Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>
- Subject: Re: ModifyRequest OPTIONAL PartialAttribute (Was: protocol-27 comments)
- From: Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no>
- Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 22:18:56 +0100
- Cc: Jim Sermersheim <jimse@novell.com>, ietf-ldapbis@OpenLDAP.org
- In-reply-to: <6.1.2.0.0.20041029132026.0327f948@127.0.0.1>
- References: <s18196e9.017@sinclair.provo.novell.com> <6.1.2.0.0.20041029132026.0327f948@127.0.0.1>
Kurt D. Zeilenga writes:
>>> I wonder if the PartialAttribute [in ModifyRequest] should be
>>> OPTIONAL in the grammar and instead "REQUIRED unless otherwise
>>> specified" in the text, anticipating new ModifyRequest operation
>>> types (per [LDAPIANA]) that need a different data structure than
>>> PartialAttribute.
> (...)
> While I believe it unlikely that WG consensus would
> support making the modification component OPTIONAL, I
> will defer declaring consensus for a bit to allow
> on list discussion. Those who support making this
> change should offer compelling reasons why it should
> be made.
For the record, since I brought it up: I have no preference on the
subject. However, note my message 'Cross-purpose SEQUENCE/CHOICE
protocol extension fields'.
--
Hallvard