Network Working Group B. Claise
Internet-Draft Huawei
Updates: 8407 (if approved) J. Clarke, Ed.
Intended status: Standards Track R. Rahman
Expires: 13 January 2022 R. Wilton, Ed.
Cisco Systems, Inc.
B. Lengyel
Ericsson
J. Sterne
Nokia
K. D'Souza
AT&T
12 July 2021
YANG Semantic Versioning
draft-ietf-netmod-yang-semver-03
Abstract
This document specifies a scheme and guidelines for applying a
modified set of semantic versioning rules to revisions of YANG
modules. Additionally, this document defines a revision-label for
this modified semver scheme.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Terminology and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. YANG Semantic Versioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.1. YANG Semantic Versioning Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.2. Semantic Versioning Scheme for YANG Artifacts . . . . . . 4
3.2.1. Examples for YANG semantic version numbers . . . . . 6
3.3. YANG Semantic Version Update Rules . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.4. Examples of the YANG Semver Label . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.4.1. Example Module Using YANG Semver . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.4.2. Example of Package Using YANG Semver . . . . . . . . 12
4. Import Module by Semantic Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5. Guidelines for Using Semver During Module Development . . . . 13
5.1. Pre-release Version Precedence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
5.2. YANG Semver in IETF Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
6. YANG Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
7. Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
8. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
9. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
9.1. YANG Module Registrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
9.2. Guidance for YANG Semver in IANA maintained YANG modules
and submodules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
10. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
10.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
10.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Appendix A. Example IETF Module Development . . . . . . . . . . 21
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
1. Introduction
[I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-module-versioning] puts forth a number of
concepts relating to modified rules for updating modules and
submodules, a means to signal when a new revision of a module or
submodule has non-backwards-compatible (NBC) changes compared to its
previous revision, and a versioning scheme that uses the revision
history as a lineage for determining from where a specific revision
of a YANG module or submodule is derived. Additionally, section 3.3
of [I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-module-versioning] defines a revision label
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which can be used as an overlay or alias to provide additional
context or an additional way to refer to a specific revision.
This document defines a revision-label scheme that uses modified
[semver] rules for YANG artifacts (i.e., YANG modules, YANG
submodules, and YANG packages [I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-packages] ) as
well as the revision label definition for using this scheme. The
goal of this is to add a human readable version label that provides
compatibility information for the YANG artifact without one needing
to compare or parse its body. The label and rules defined herein
represent the RECOMMENDED revision label scheme for IETF YANG
artifacts.
Note that a specific revision of the Semver 2.0.0 specification is
referenced here (from June 19, 2020) to provide an immutable version.
This is because the 2.0.0 version of the specification has changed
over time without any change to the semantic version itself. In some
cases the text has changed in non-backwards-compatible ways.
2. Terminology and Conventions
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
"OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
capitals, as shown here.
Additionally, this document uses the following terminology:
* YANG artifact: YANG modules, YANG submodules, and YANG packages
[I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-packages] , and YANG schema elements are
examples of YANG artifacts for the purposes of this document.
3. YANG Semantic Versioning
This section defines YANG Semantic Versioning, explains how it is
used with YANG artifacts, and the rules associated with changing an
artifact's semantic version number when its contents are updated.
3.1. YANG Semantic Versioning Pattern
YANG artifacts that employ semantic versioning as defined in this
document MUST use a version string (e.g., in revision-label or as a
package version) that corresponds to the following pattern:
X.Y.Z_COMPAT. Where:
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* X, Y and Z are mandatory non-negative integers that are each less
than 2147483647 (i.e., the maximum signed 32-bit integer value)
and MUST NOT contain leading zeroes
* The '.' is a literal period (ASCII character 0x2e)
* The '_' is an optional single literal underscore (ASCII character
0x5f) and MUST only present if the following COMPAT element is
included
* COMPAT, if it is specified, MUST be either the literal string
"compatible" or the literal string "non_compatible"
Additionally, [semver] defines two specific types of metadata that
may be appended to a semantic version string. Pre-release metadata
MAY be appended to a semver string after a trailing '-' character.
Build metadata MAY be appended after a trailing '+' character. If
both pre-release and build metadata are present, then build metadata
MUST follow pre-release metadata. While build metadata MUST be
ignored by YANG semver parsers, pre-release metadata MUST be used
during module and submodule development and MUST be considered base
on Section 5 . Both pre-release and build metadata are allowed in
order to support all of the [semver] rules. Thus, a version lineage
that follows strict [semver] rules is allowed for a YANG artifact.
To signal the use of this versioning scheme, modules and submodules
MUST set the revision-label-scheme extension as defined in
[I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-module-versioning] to the identity "yang-
semver". That identity value is defined in the ietf-yang-semver
module below.
Additionally, this ietf-yang-semver module defines a typedef that
formally specifies the syntax of the YANG semver version string.
3.2. Semantic Versioning Scheme for YANG Artifacts
This document defines the YANG semantic versioning scheme that is
used for YANG artifacts that employ the YANG semver label. The
versioning scheme has the following properties:
* The YANG semantic versioning scheme is extended from version 2.0.0
of the semantic versioning scheme defined at semver.org [semver]
to cover the additional requirements for the management of YANG
artifact lifecyles that cannot be addressed using the semver.org
2.0.0 versioning scheme alone.
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* Unlike the [semver] versioning scheme, the YANG semantic
versioning scheme supports updates to older versions of YANG
artifacts, to allow for bug fixes and enhancements to artifact
versions that are not the latest. However, it does not provide
for the unlimited branching and updating of older revisions which
are documented by the general rules in
[I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-module-versioning] .
* YANG artifacts that follow the [semver] versioning scheme are
fully compatible with implementations that understand the YANG
semantic versioning scheme defined in this document.
* If updates are always restricted to the latest revision of the
artifact only, then the version numbers used by the YANG semantic
versioning scheme are exactly the same as those defined by the
[semver] versioning scheme.
Every YANG module and submodule versioned using the YANG semantic
versioning scheme specifies the module's or submodule's semantic
version number as the argument to the 'rev:revision-label' statement.
Because the rules put forth in
[I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-module-versioning] are designed to work well
with existing versions of YANG and allow for artifact authors to
migrate to this scheme, it is not expected that all revisions of a
given YANG artifact will have a semantic version label. For example,
the first revision of a module or submodule may have been produced
before this scheme was available.
YANG packages that make use of this semantic versioning scheme will
have their semantic version as the value of the "revision_label"
property.
As stated above, the YANG semver version number is expressed as a
string of the form: 'X.Y.Z_COMPAT'; where X, Y, and Z each represent
non-negative integers smaller than 2147483647 without leading zeroes,
and _COMPAT represents an optional suffix of either "_compatible" or
"_non_compatible".
* 'X' is the MAJOR version. Changes in the MAJOR version number
indicate changes that are non-backwards-compatible to versions
with a lower MAJOR version number.
* 'Y' is the MINOR version. Changes in the MINOR version number
indicate changes that are backwards-compatible to versions with
the same MAJOR version number, but a lower MINOR version number
and no PATCH "_compatible" or "_non_compatible" modifier.
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* 'Z_COMPAT' is the PATCH version and modifier. Changes in the
PATCH version number can indicate editorial, backwards-compatible,
or non-backwards-compatible changes relative to versions with the
same MAJOR and MINOR version numbers, but lower PATCH version
number, depending on what form modifier "_COMPAT" takes:
- If the modifier string is absent, the change represents an
editorial change. An editorial change is defined to be a
change in the YANG artifact's content that does not affect the
semantic meaning or functionality provided by the artifact in
any way. Some examples include correcting a spelling mistake
in the description of a leaf within a YANG module or submodule,
non-significant whitespace changes (e.g. realigning
description statements, or changing indendation), or changes to
YANG comments. Note: restructuring how a module uses, or does
not use, submodules is treated as an editorial level change on
the condition that there is no change in the module's semantic
behavior due to the restructuring.
- If, however, the modifier string is present, the meaning is
described below:
- "_compatible" - the change represents a backwards-compatible
change
- "_non_compatible" - the change represents a non-backwards-
compatible change
The YANG artifact name and YANG semantic version number uniquely
identify a revision of said artifact. There MUST NOT be multiple
instances of a YANG artifact definition with the same name and YANG
semantic version number but different content (and in the case of
modules and submodules, different revision dates).
There MUST NOT be multiple versions of a YANG artifact that have the
same MAJOR, MINOR and PATCH version numbers, but different patch
modifier strings. E.g., artifact version "1.2.3_non_compatible" MUST
NOT be defined if artifact version "1.2.3" has already been defined.
3.2.1. Examples for YANG semantic version numbers
The following diagram and explanation illustrates how YANG semantic
version numbers work.
Example YANG semantic version numbers for an example artifact:
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0.1.0
|
0.2.0
|
1.0.0
| \
| 1.1.0 -> 1.1.1_compatible -> 1.1.2_non_compatible
| |
| 1.2.0 -> 1.2.1_non_compatible -> 1.2.2_non_compatible
| |
| 1.3.0 -> 1.3.1
|
2.0.0
|
3.0.0
\
3.1.0
Assume the tree diagram above illustrates how an example YANG
module's version history might evolve. For example, the tree might
represent the following changes, listed in chronological order from
oldest revision to newest:
0.1.0 - first beta module version
0.2.0 - second beta module version (with NBC changes)
1.0.0 - first release (may have NBC changes from 0.2.0)
1.1.0 - added new functionality, leaf "foo" (BC)
1.2.0 - added new functionality, leaf "baz" (BC)
1.3.0 - improve existing functionality, added leaf "foo-64" (BC)
1.3.1 - improve description wording for "foo-64" (Editorial)
1.1.1_compatible - backport "foo-64" leaf to 1.1.x to avoid
implementing "baz" from 1.2.0 (BC)
2.0.0 - change existing model for performance reasons, e.g. re-key
list (NBC)
1.1.2_non_compatible - NBC point bug fix, not required in 2.0.0
due to model changes (NBC)
3.0.0 - NBC bugfix, rename "baz" to "bar"; also add new BC leaf
"wibble"; (NBC)
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1.2.1_non_compatible - backport NBC fix, changing "baz" to "bar"
1.2.2_non_compatible - backport "wibble". This is a BC change but
"non_compatible" modifier is sticky.
3.1.0 - introduce new leaf "wobble" (BC)
The partial ordering relationships based on the semantic versioning
numbers can be defined as follows:
1.0.0 < 1.1.0 < 1.2.0 < 1.3.0 < 2.0.0 < 3.0.0 < 3.1.0
1.0.0 < 1.1.0 < 1.1.1_compatible < 1.1.2_non_compatible
1.0.0 < 1.1.0 < 1.2.0 < 1.2.1_non_compatible <
1.2.2_non_compatible
There is no ordering relationship between 1.1.1_non_compatible and
either 1.2.0 or 1.2.1_non_compatible, except that they share the
common ancestor of 1.1.0.
Looking at the version number alone, the module definition in 2.0.0
does not necessarily contain the contents of 1.3.0. However, the
module revision history in 2.0.0 may well indicate that it was edited
from module version 1.3.0.
3.3. YANG Semantic Version Update Rules
When a new revision of an artifact is produced, then the following
rules define how the YANG semantic version number for the new
artifact revision is calculated, based on the changes between the two
artifact revisions, and the YANG semantic version number of the base
artifact revision from which the changes are derived.
The following four rules specify the RECOMMENDED, and REQUIRED
minimum, update to a YANG semantic version number:
1. If an artifact is being updated in a non-backwards-compatible
way, then the artifact version
"X.Y.Z[_compatible|_non_compatible]" SHOULD be updated to
"X+1.0.0" unless that version has already been used for this
artifact but with different content, in which case the artifact
version "X.Y.Z+1_non_compatible" SHOULD be used instead.
2. If an artifact is being updated in a backwards-compatible way,
then the next version number depends on the format of the current
version number:
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i "X.Y.Z" - the artifact version SHOULD be updated to
"X.Y+1.0", unless that version has already been used for
this artifact but with different content, when the artifact
version SHOULD be updated to "X.Y.Z+1_compatible"" instead.
ii "X.Y.Z_compatible" - the artifact version SHOULD be updated
to "X.Y.Z+1_compatible".
iii "X.Y.Z_non_compatible" - the artifact version SHOULD be
updated to "X.Y.Z+1_non_compatible".
3. If an artifact is being updated in an editorial way, then the
next version number depends on the format of the current version
number:
i "X.Y.Z" - the artifact version SHOULD be updated to
"X.Y.Z+1"
ii "X.Y.Z_compatible" - the artifact version SHOULD be updated
to "X.Y.Z+1_compatible".
iii "X.Y.Z_non_compatible" - the artifact version SHOULD be
updated to "X.Y.Z+1_non_compatible".
4. YANG artifact semantic version numbers beginning with 0, i.e.,
"0.X.Y", are regarded as beta definitions and need not follow the
rules above. Either the MINOR or PATCH version numbers may be
updated, regardless of whether the changes are non-backwards-
compatible, backwards-compatible, or editorial. See Section 5
for more details on using this notation during module and
submodule development.
5. XXX - Add some text about pre-release labels, or perhaps as a
rule 5 above.
Although artifacts SHOULD be updated according to the rules above,
which specify the recommended (and minimum required) update to the
version number, the following rules MAY be applied when choosing a
new version number:
1. An artifact author MAY update the version number with a more
significant update than described by the rules above. For
example, an artifact could be given a new MAJOR version number
(i.e., X+1.0.0), even though no non-backwards-compatible changes
have occurred, or an artifact could be given a new MINOR version
number (i.e., X.Y+1.0) even if the changes were only editorial.
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2. An artifact author MAY skip version numbers. That is, an
artifact's revision history could be 1.0.0, 1.1.0, and 1.3.0
where 1.2.0 is skipped. Note that skipping versions has an
impact when importing modules by revision-or-derived. See
Section 4 for more details on importing modules with revision-
label version gaps.
Although YANG Semver always indicates when a non-backwards-
compatible, or backwards-compatible change may have occurred to a
YANG artifact, it does not guarantee that such a change has occurred,
or that consumers of that YANG artifact will be impacted by the
change. Hence, tooling, e.g.,
[I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-schema-comparison] , also plays an important
role for comparing YANG artifacts and calculating the likely impact
from changes.
[I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-module-versioning] defines the "rev:nbc-
changes" extension statement to indicate where non-backwards-
compatible changes have occurred in the module revision history. If
a revision entry in a module's revision history includes the
"rev:nbc-changes" statement then that MUST be reflected in any YANG
Semver version associated with that revision. However, the reverse
does not necessarily hold, i.e., if the MAJOR version has been
incremented it does not necessarily mean that a "rev:nbc-changes"
statement would be present.
3.4. Examples of the YANG Semver Label
3.4.1. Example Module Using YANG Semver
Below is a sample YANG module that uses the YANG semver revision
label based on the rules defined in this document.
module example-versioned-module {
yang-version 1.1;
namespace "urn:example:versioned:module";
prefix "exvermod";
rev:revision-label-scheme "yangver:yang-semver";
import ietf-yang-revisions { prefix "rev"; }
import ietf-yang-semver { prefix "yangver"; }
description
"to be completed";
revision 2018-02-28 {
description "Added leaf 'wobble'";
rev:revision-label "3.1.0";
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}
revision 2017-12-31 {
description "Rename 'baz' to 'bar', added leaf 'wibble'";
rev:revision-label "3.0.0";
rev:nbc-changes;
}
revision 2017-10-30 {
description "Change the module structure";
rev:revision-label "2.0.0";
rev:nbc-changes;
}
revision 2017-08-30 {
description "Clarified description of 'foo-64' leaf";
rev:revision-label "1.3.1";
}
revision 2017-07-30 {
description "Added leaf foo-64";
rev:revision-label "1.3.0";
}
revision 2017-04-20 {
description "Add new functionality, leaf 'baz'";
rev:revision-label "1.2.0";
}
revision 2017-04-03 {
description "Add new functionality, leaf 'foo'";
rev:revision-label "1.1.0";
}
revision 2017-04-03 {
description "First release version.";
rev:revision-label "1.0.0";
}
// Note: semver rules do not apply to 0.X.Y labels.
revision 2017-01-30 {
description "NBC changes to initial revision";
semver:module-version "0.2.0";
}
revision 2017-01-26 {
description "Initial module version";
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semver:module-version "0.1.0";
}
//YANG module definition starts here
3.4.2. Example of Package Using YANG Semver
Below is an example YANG package that uses the semver revision label
based on the rules defined in this document.
{
"ietf-yang-instance-data:instance-data-set": {
"name": "example-yang-pkg",
"target-ptr": "TBD",
"timestamp": "2018-09-06T17:00:00Z",
"description": "Example IETF package definition",
"content-data": {
"ietf-yang-package:yang-package": {
"name": "example-yang-pkg",
"version": "1.3.1",
...
}
4. Import Module by Semantic Version
[I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-module-versioning] allows for imports to be
done based on a module or a derived revision of a module. The
rev:revision-or-derived statement can specify either a revision date
or a revision label. When importing by semver, the YANG semver
revision label value MAY be used as an argument to rev:revision-or-
derived. When used as such, any module which has that semver label
as its latest revision label or has that label in its revision
history can be used to satisfy the import requirement. For example:
import example-module {
rev:revision-or-derived "3.0.0";
}
Note: the import lookup does not stop when a non-backward-compatible
change is encountered. That is, if module B imports a module A at or
derived from version 2.0.0, resolving that import will pass through a
revision of module A with version 2.1.0_non_compatible in order to
determine if the present instance of module A derives from 2.0.0.
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If an import by revision-or-derived cannot locate the specified
revision-label in a given module's revision history, that import will
fail. This is noted in the case of version gaps. That is, if a
module's history includes 1.0.0, 1.1.0, and 1.3.0, an import from
revision-or-derived at 1.2.0 will be unable to locate the specified
revision entry and thus the import cannot be satisfied.
5. Guidelines for Using Semver During Module Development
This section and the IETF-specific sub-section below provides YANG
semver-specific guidelines to consider when developing new YANG
modules. As such this section updates [RFC8407] .
Development of a brand new YANG module or submodule outside of the
IETF that uses YANG semver as its revision-label scheme SHOULD begin
with a 0 for the MAJOR version component. This allows the module or
submodule to disregard strict semver rules with respect to non-
backwards-compatible changes during its initial development.
However, module or submodule developers MAY choose to use the semver
pre-release syntax instead with a 1 for the MAJOR version component.
For example, an initial module or submodule revision-label might be
either 0.0.1 or 1.0.0-alpha.1. If the authors choose to use the 0
MAJOR version component scheme, they MAY switch to the pre-release
scheme with a MAJOR version component of 1 when the module or
submodule is nearing initial release (e.g., a module's or submodule's
revision label may transition from 0.3.0 to 1.0.0-beta.1 to indicate
it is more mature and ready for testing).
When using pre-release notation, the format MUST include at least one
alphabetic component and MUST end with a '.' and then one or more
digits. These alphanumeric components will be used when deciding
pre-release precedence. The following are examples of valid pre-
release versions
1.0.0-alpha.1
1.0.0-alpha.3
2.1.0-beta.42
3.0.0-202007.rc.1
When developing a new revision of an existing module or submodule
using the YANG semver revision-label scheme, the intended target
semver version MUST be used along with pre-release notation. For
example, if a released module or submodule which has a current
revision-label of 1.0.0 is being modified with the intent to make
non-backwards-compatible changes, the first development MAJOR version
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component must be 2 with some pre-release notation such as -alpha.1,
making the version 2.0.0-alpha.1. That said, every publicly
available release of a module or submodule MUST have a unique YANG
semver revision-label (where a publicly available release is one that
could be implemented by a vendor or consumed by an end user).
Therefore, it may be prudent to include the year or year and month
development began (e.g., 2.0.0-201907-alpha.1). As a module or
submodule undergoes development, it is possible that the original
intent changes. For example, a 1.0.0 version of a module or
submodule that was destined to become 2.0.0 after a development cycle
may have had a scope change such that the final version has no non-
backwards-compatible changes and becomes 1.1.0 instead. This change
is acceptable to make during the development phase so long as pre-
release notation is present in both versions (e.g., 2.0.0-alpha.3
becomes 1.1.0-alpha.4). However, on the next development cycle
(after 1.1.0 is released), if again the new target release is 2.0.0,
new pre-release components must be used such that every revision-
label for a given module or submodule MUST be unique throughout its
entire lifecycle (e.g., the first pre-release version might be
2.0.0-202005-alpha.1 if keeping the same year and month notation
mentioned above).
5.1. Pre-release Version Precedence
As a module or submodule is developed, the scope of the work may
change. That is, while a ratified module or submodule with revision-
label 1.0.0 is initially intended to become 2.0.0 in its next
ratified version, the scope of work may change such that the final
version is 1.1.0. During the development cycle, the pre-release
versions could move from 2.0.0-some-pre-release-tag to 1.1.0-some-
pre-release-tag. This downwards changing of version numbers makes it
difficult to evaluate semver rules between pre-release versions.
However, taken independently, each pre-release version can be
compared to the previously ratified version (e.g., 1.1.0-some-pre-
release-tag and 2.0.0-some-pre-release-tag can each be compared to
1.0.0). Module and submodule developers SHOULD maintain only one
revision statement in a pre-released module or submodule that
reflects the latest revision. IETF authors MAY choose to include an
appendix in the associated draft to track overall changes to the
module or submodule.
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5.2. YANG Semver in IETF Modules
All published IETF modules and submodules MUST use YANG semantic
versions for their revision-labels. For IETF YANG modules and
submodules that have already been published, revision labels MUST be
retrospectively applied to all existing revisions when the next new
revision is created, starting at version "1.0.0" for the initial
published revision, and then incrementing according to the YANG
Semver version rules specified in Section 3.3 .
Net new module or submodule development within the IETF SHOULD begin
with the 0 MAJOR number scheme as described above. When revising an
existing IETF module or submodule, the revision-label MUST use the
target (i.e., intended) MAJOR and MINOR version components with a 0
PATCH version component. If the intended ratified release will be
non-backward-compatible with the current ratified release, the MINOR
version component MUST be 0.
All IETF modules and submodules in development MUST use the whole
document name as a pre-release version string, including the current
document revision. For example, if a module or submodule which is
currently released at version 1.0.0 is being revised to include non-
backwards-compatible changes in draft-user-netmod-foo, its
development revision-labels MUST include 2.0.0-draft-user-netmod-foo
followed by the document's revision (e.g., 2.0.0-draft-user-netmod-
foo-02). This will ensure each pre-release version is unique across
the lifecycle of the module or submodule. Even when using the 0
MAJOR version for initial module or submodule development (where
MINOR and PATCH can change), appending the draft name as a pre-
release component helps to ensure uniqueness when there are perhaps
multiple, parallel efforts creating the same module or submodule.
If a module or submodule is being revised and the original module or
submodule never had a revision-label (i.e., you wish to start using
YANG semver in future module or submodule revisions), choose a semver
value that makes the most sense based on the module's or submodule's
history. For example, if a module or submodule started out in the
pre-NMDA ([RFC8342] ) world, and then had NMDA support added without
removing any legacy "state" branches -- and you are looking to add
additional new features -- a sensible choice for the target YANG
semver would be 1.2.0 (since 1.0.0 would have been the initial, pre-
NMDA release, and 1.1.0 would have been the NMDA revision).
See Appendix A for a detailed example of IETF pre-release versions.
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6. YANG Module
This YANG module contains the typedef for the YANG semantic version.
<CODE BEGINS> file "ietf-yang-semver@2020-06-30.yang"
module ietf-yang-semver {
yang-version 1.1;
namespace "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-semver";
prefix yangver;
rev:revision-label-scheme "yang-semver";
import ietf-yang-revisions {
prefix rev;
}
organization
"IETF NETMOD (Network Modeling) Working Group";
contact
"WG Web: <http://tools.ietf.org/wg/netmod/>
WG List: <mailto:netmod@ietf.org>
Author: Joe Clarke
<mailto:jclarke@cisco.com>";
description
"This module provides type and grouping definitions for YANG
packages.
Copyright (c) 2020 IETF Trust and the persons identified as
authors of the code. All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
without modification, is permitted pursuant to, and subject
to the license terms contained in, the Simplified BSD License
set forth in Section 4.c of the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions
Relating to IETF Documents
(http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info).
This version of this YANG module is part of RFC XXXX; see
the RFC itself for full legal notices.";
// RFC Ed.: update the date below with the date of RFC publication
// and remove this note.
// RFC Ed.: replace XXXX with actual RFC number and remove this
// note.
revision 2020-06-30 {
rev:revision-label "1.0.0-draft-ietf-netmod-yang-semver-01";
description
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"Initial revision";
reference
"RFC XXXX: YANG Semantic Versioning.";
}
/*
* Identities
*/
identity yang-semver {
base rev:revision-label-scheme-base-identity;
description
"The revision-label scheme corresponds to the YANG semver scheme
which is defined by the pattern in the 'version' typedef below.
The rules governing this revision-label scheme are defined in the
reference for this identity.";
reference
"RFC XXXX: YANG Semantic Versioning.";
}
/*
* Typedefs
*/
typedef version {
type string {
pattern '\d+[.]\d+[.]\d+(_(non_)?compatible)?(-[\w\d.]+)?([+][\w\d\.]+)?';
}
description
"Represents a YANG semantic version number. The rules governing the
use of this revision label scheme are defined in the reference for
this typedef.";
reference
"RFC XXXX: YANG Semantic Versioning.";
}
}
<CODE ENDS>
7. Contributors
This document grew out of the YANG module versioning design team that
started after IETF 101. The design team consists of the following
members whom have worked on the YANG versioning project:
* Balazs Lengyel
* Benoit Claise
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* Ebben Aries
* Jason Sterne
* Joe Clarke
* Juergen Schoenwaelder
* Mahesh Jethanandani
* Michael (Wangzitao)
* Qin Wu
* Reshad Rahman
* Rob Wilton
The initial revision of this document was refactored and built upon
[I-D.clacla-netmod-yang-model-update] .
Discussons on the use of Semver for YANG versioning has been held
with authors of the OpenConfig YANG models based on their own
[openconfigsemver] . We would like thank both Anees Shaikh and Rob
Shakir for their input into this problem space.
8. Security Considerations
The document does not define any new protocol or data model. There
are no security impacts.
9. IANA Considerations
9.1. YANG Module Registrations
The following YANG module is requested to be registred in the "IANA
Module Names" registry:
Name: ietf-yang-semver
XML Namespace: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-semver
Prefix: yangver
Reference: [RFCXXXX]
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9.2. Guidance for YANG Semver in IANA maintained YANG modules and
submodules
Note for IANA (to be removed by the RFC editor): Please check that
the registries and IANA YANG modules and submodules are referenced in
the appropriate way.
IANA is responsible for maintaining and versioning some YANG modules
and submodules, e.g., iana-if-types.yang [IfTypeYang] and iana-
routing-types.yang [RoutingTypesYang] .
In addition to following the rules specified in the IANA
Considerations section of [I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-module-versioning] ,
IANA maintained YANG modules and submodules MUST also include a YANG
Semver revision label for all new revisions, as defined in Section 3
.
The YANG Semver version associated with the new revision MUST follow
the rules defined in Section 3.3 .
Note: For IANA maintained YANG modules and submodules that have
already been published, revision labels MUST be retrospectively
applied to all existing revisions when the next new revision is
created, starting at version "1.0.0" for the initial published
revision, and then incrementing according to the YANG Semver version
rules specified in Section 3.3 .
Most changes to IANA maintained YANG modules and submodules are
expected to be backwards-compatible changes and classified as MINOR
version changes. The PATCH version may be incremented instead when
only editorial changes are made, and the MAJOR version would be
incremented if non-backwards-compatible major changes are made.
Given that IANA maintained YANG modules and submodules are versioned
with a linear history, it is anticipated that it should not be
necessary to use the "_compatible" or "_non_compatible" modifiers to
the "Z_COMPAT" version element.
10. References
10.1. Normative References
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
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[RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.
[RFC8407] Bierman, A., "Guidelines for Authors and Reviewers of
Documents Containing YANG Data Models", BCP 216, RFC 8407,
DOI 10.17487/RFC8407, October 2018,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8407>.
[I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-module-versioning]
Wilton, R., Rahman, R., Lengyel, B., Clarke, J., Sterne,
J., Claise, B., and K. D'Souza, "Updated YANG Module
Revision Handling", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft,
draft-ietf-netmod-yang-module-versioning-02, 22 February
2021, <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-netmod-yang-
module-versioning-02>.
10.2. Informative References
[I-D.clacla-netmod-yang-model-update]
Claise, B., Clarke, J., Lengyel, B., and K. D'Souza, "New
YANG Module Update Procedure", Work in Progress, Internet-
Draft, draft-clacla-netmod-yang-model-update-06, 2 July
2018, <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-clacla-netmod-
yang-model-update-06>.
[I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-packages]
Wilton, R., Rahman, R., Clarke, J., Sterne, J., and B. Wu,
"YANG Packages", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-
ietf-netmod-yang-packages-01, 2 November 2020,
<https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-netmod-yang-
packages-01>.
[I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-schema-comparison]
Wilton, R., "YANG Schema Comparison", Work in Progress,
Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-netmod-yang-schema-comparison-
01, 2 November 2020, <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-
ietf-netmod-yang-schema-comparison-01>.
[RFC8342] Bjorklund, M., Schoenwaelder, J., Shafer, P., Watsen, K.,
and R. Wilton, "Network Management Datastore Architecture
(NMDA)", RFC 8342, DOI 10.17487/RFC8342, March 2018,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8342>.
[openconfigsemver]
"Semantic Versioning for Openconfig Models",
<http://www.openconfig.net/docs/semver/>.
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[semver] "Semantic Versioning 2.0.0 (text from June 19, 2020)",
<https://github.com/semver/semver/
blob/8b2e8eec394948632957639dfa99fc7ec6286911/semver.md>.
[IfTypeYang]
"iana-if-type YANG Module",
<https://www.iana.org/assignments/iana-if-type/iana-if-
type.xhtml>.
[RoutingTypesYang]
"iana-routing-types YANG Module",
<https://www.iana.org/assignments/iana-routing-types/iana-
routing-types.xhtml>.
Appendix A. Example IETF Module Development
Assume a new YANG module is being developed in the netmod working
group in the IETF. Initially, this module is being developed in an
individual internet draft, draft-jdoe-netmod-example-module. The
following represents the initial version tree (i.e., value of
revision-label) of the module as it's being initially developed.
Version lineage for initial module development:
0.0.1-draft-jdoe-netmod-example-module-00
|
0.1.0-draft-jdoe-netmod-example-module-01
|
0.2.0-draft-jdoe-netmod-example-module-02
|
0.2.1-draft-jdoe-netmod-example-module-03
At this point, development stabilizes, and the workgroup adopts the
draft. Thus now the draft becomes draft-ietf-netmod-example-module.
The initial pre-release lineage continues as follows.
Continued version lineage after adoption:
1.0.0-draft-ietf-netmod-example-module-00
|
1.0.0-draft-ietf-netmod-example-module-01
|
1.0.0-draft-ietf-netmod-example-module-02
At this point, the draft is ratified and becomes RFC12345 and the
YANG module version number becomes 1.0.0.
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A time later, the module needs to be revised to add additional
capabilities. Development will be done in a backwards-compatible
way. Two new individual drafts are proposed to go about adding the
capabilities in different ways: draft-jdoe-netmod-exmod-enhancements
and draft-jadoe-netmod-exmod-changes. These are initially developed
in parallel with the following versions.
Parallel development for next module revision:
1.1.0-draft-jdoe-netmod-exmod-enhancements-00 || 1.1.0-draft-jadoe-netmod-exmod-changes-00
| |
1.1.0-draft-jdoe-netmod-exmod-enhancements-01 || 1.1.0-draft-jadoe-netmod-exmod-changes-01
At this point, the WG decides to merge some aspects of both and adopt
the work in jadoe's draft as draft-ietf-netmod-exmod-changes. A
single version lineage continues.
1.1.0-draft-ietf-netmod-exmod-changes-00
|
1.1.0-draft-ietf-netmod-exmod-changes-01
|
1.1.0-draft-ietf-netmod-exmod-changes-02
|
1.1.0-draft-ietf-netmod-exmod-changes-03
The draft is ratified, and the new module version becomes 1.1.0.
Authors' Addresses
Benoit Claise
Huawei
Email: benoit.claise@huawei.com
Joe Clarke (editor)
Cisco Systems, Inc.
7200-12 Kit Creek Rd
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
United States of America
Phone: +1-919-392-2867
Email: jclarke@cisco.com
Reshad Rahman
Cisco Systems, Inc.
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Email: rrahman@cisco.com
Robert Wilton (editor)
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Email: rwilton@cisco.com
Balazs Lengyel
Ericsson
1117 Budapest
Magyar Tudosok Korutja
Hungary
Phone: +36-70-330-7909
Email: balazs.lengyel@ericsson.com
Jason Sterne
Nokia
Email: jason.sterne@nokia.com
Kevin D'Souza
AT&T
200 S. Laurel Ave
Middletown, NJ
United States of America
Email: kd6913@att.com
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