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Re: Domain number reservations

To: Ken McDonell <kenj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Domain number reservations
From: Nathan Scott <nathans@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 22:40:56 -0400 (EDT)
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Thread-topic: Domain number reservations

----- Original Message -----
> [...]
> 1. drop the DBMS, SNMP, Linux and ISV subgroups ... we should just treat
> these together as available for "PCP" PMDAs. ... This may give us back
> so domain numbers to use, e.g. there is no working PMDA any more as far
> as I'm aware for Sybase or Informix.
> 
> 2. Move the End-User range to 385-510 (126 should be more than enough
> for them) with a strong recommendation that people desiring to use these
> ones should allocate from the high end, not the low end.

Works for me, should keep us going for quite some time.  I'll also update
stdpmid.pcp to clear out the macros for those earlier slots.

> 3. Advertise the change and encourage *anyone* with a End-User PMDA
> using a domain number in the 129-384 range to contact us so we can mark
> that as "reserved" and minimize any future collisions.

I'll send a note along with the next release announcement.

cheers.

--
Nathan

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