16 Apr
2021
16 Apr
'21
7:19 p.m.
On Apr 16, 2021, at 10:00 AM, Paul Koning
<paulkoning at comcast.net> wrote:
Done. It turns out a suitable parameter already exists in the standard, parameter 126,
"Software identification". As of rev 583 that will report the PyDECnet version
number.
paul
On Apr 16, 2021, at 9:41 AM, Keith Halewood
<Keith.Halewood at pitbulluk.org> wrote:
Hi,
A general point about pyDECnet usage. I leave the default 'Identification' string
alone so that anybody interested can discover the version of pydecnet being used (SHOW
EXEC CHAR). I have noticed that others tend to personalise the string, often removing that
version number. Would it be possible to append your personalisation to the version rather
than replace it? From a trouble-shooting point of view, knowing that two routers connected
by a circuit are either same version or vastly different often helps.
Just a thought.
Keith
Interesting idea. Strictly speaking, that string is rather short, though some other
DECnet implementations send oversized values.
Another option would be to have the version information be a separate read-only
parameter, that would be easy.