I agree with option 2 as well. If a printer doesn't do finishing, then
it can ignore the Finisher MIB. Its a separate module. But if you do
implement the FIN MIB, there are three MANDATORY GROUPs.
Tom
>-----Original Message-----
>From: lpyoung at lexmark.com [mailto:lpyoung at lexmark.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 1998 14:08
>To: pmp at pwg.org; fin at pwg.org>Subject: PMP> FIN> Finisher MIB, Where do we go from here?
>>>Chris and I discussed this with regards to what would be the
>best thing for the Printer MIB. Because we are finally getting
>some attention from our IETF Area Directors on the HR MIB and
>the Printer MIB, we feel that interjecting option 3 into the mix
>is not the appropriate thing to do. It would only slow down the
>progress that has been made to date. I know that it has been
>invisible progress to most of you but there has been progress
>none the less. With the assumption that option 2 means the Printer
>MIB and the Finisher MIB would have two RFC numbers, the advantage
>of option 2 over option 1 is that the Finisher MIB would have
>a RFC number faster. Option 2 appears to be the best choice.
>>Lloyd
>>------ Ron's original message -------
>Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 16:44:22 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time)
>From: Ron Bergman <rbergma at dpc.com>
>To: fin at pwg.org, pmp at pwg.org>Cc: Lloyd Young <lpyoung at lexmark.com>, Chris Wellens <chrisw at iwl.com>
>Subject: FIN> Finisher MIB, Where do we go from here?
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>>I am going to submit the latest finisher MIB to
>Internet-Drafts tomorrow.
>This is the version posted last week with the changes to fix the
>compilation problems reported by Ira, with the addition of the
>change to
>finSupplyCurrentLevel requested by Paul Henerlau.
>>Now, where do we go from here? Since the Finisher MIB is an
>extension of
>the Printer MIB and the current draft is dependent upon the updated
>Printer MIB, our options for the current draft are somewhat limited. I
>can think of four possibilities;
>> 1. Wait until the Printer MIB is assigned an RFC number and
>then submit
> the Finisher MIB.
>> 2. Submit both the Printer MIB and the Finisher MIB to the IESG as a
> set.
>> 3. Integrate the Finisher MIB into the Printer MIB and submit the
> combined MIB to the IESG.
>> 4. The only other alternative is to remove the dependencies upon the
> Printer MIB Textual Conventions, and submit immediately.
>>I don't believe that number 4 is in our long term best
>interests. 2 and 3
>are the only reasonable alternatives.
>>Comments?
>>> Ron Bergman
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