CIB: OSDL #1430 - Allow automatic assignment of object IDs
Although undesirable as it encourages lazy behavior, this should in fact

be safe as after the election we'll choose one _complete_ config and
continue with that.

If we ever get smart and do partial merges, this decision should be revisited.

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