RE: iSCSI: version number

[Black_David@emc.com]

> PEOPLE have been asking for this change all along and they where told
> that the IETF rules do not allow drafts to carry any version number beyond
0.

That's not quite true - we probably should have changed the number when
the draft made it through WG Last Call.  Mea culpa in part, but we are
where we are.

> That sounds to me like the version 1 is related to document status change.
> It will help also distinguish implementations that support the RFC rather
> than the draft.

The problem I'm concerned about is that I see people shipping
implementations
that conform to the "approved" standard (draft -20 + the two RFC Editor
notes),
and changing the version number takes those implementations out of
conformance
solely to change the version number for an RFC that is otherwise
functionally identical.

Thanks,
--David

-----Original Message-----
From: Julian Satran [mailto:Julian_Satran@il.ibm.com]
Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 12:30 AM
To: Black_David@emc.com
Cc: ips@ece.cmu.edu; owner-ips@ece.cmu.edu
Subject: RE: iSCSI: version number



PEOPLE have been asking for this change all along and they where told that
the IETF rules do not allow drafts to carry any version number beyond 0. 
That sounds to me like the version 1 is related to document status change.
It will help also distinguish implementations that support the RFC rather
than the draft. 

Julo 


Black_David@emc.com 
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21/02/03 00:34 ToJulian Satran/Haifa/IBM@IBMIL, rdr@io.iol.unh.edu 
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SubjectRE: iSCSI: version number







Let me just check whether people want this done.  Are implementations
going to be able to cope with a version number change from 0 to 1
some weeks or months from now?  Version number changes usually aren't
done to reflect changes in document status - rather they generally
reflect some sort of functional change.

Thanks,
--David
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-----Original Message-----
From: Julian Satran [mailto:Julian_Satran@il.ibm.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 11:25 AM
To: Robert D. Russell
Cc: ips@ece.cmu.edu
Subject: Re: iSCSI: version number



I will do it during the last 48h. Thanks, Julo 


"Robert D. Russell" <rdr@io.iol.unh.edu> 
20/02/03 16:59 ToJulian Satran/Haifa/IBM@IBMIL 
ccips@ece.cmu.edu 
SubjectiSCSI: version number







Julian:

Now that draft 20 has been accepted as an IETF standard,
shouldn't the version number in section 10.12.4 be changed
to 0x01?

Thanks

Bob Russell
InterOperability Lab
University of New Hampshire
rdr@iol.unh.edu
603-862-3774