Subj : oxp: Nodelist problem
To   : August Abolins
From : Martin Foster
Date : Fri Mar 12 2021 09:09:00

Hello August!

*** Thursday 11.03.21 at 07:10, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

 AA>>> Huh?  Isn't the "true purpose" to tell OXP that it is OK
 AA>>> to kickstart the nodelist updates when a new DIFF arrives?

 MF>> Ahbut that's only half the story, it says nothing about the
 MF>> hitherto unknown fact that a nodelist can be
 MF>> updated(overwritten) with a new full nodelist. The way I
 MF>> see it is that the true purpose is that a nodelist can be
 MF>> updated either by using a diff or by using a full nodelist,
 MF>> depending on whether the switch is on or off.

 AA> AH!  I like *that* explanation. Put *that* in the Helps.  ;)

Hopefully, I'll be tackling this later today :)

 AA> I had no idea that oxp could utilize incoming "full" nodelists and
 AA> update the config that way.

Neither had I and we have Anna to thank for pointing this out.

Regards,
Martin

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