Re: SIP API spec

[Noel Chiappa <[e-mail]>]

    I would not like to reopen the "flow-id" debate just now, but the only thing
    we could agree upon was to let it "for further study". There are two extreme
    positions on this, which I could briefly portrait as "datagram" and "virtual
    circuit".
    ...
    As I said, we will probably not solve the question now. Which is why I find
    Bob's spec entirely acceptable -- it merely says "here are the bits that
    should go in the next packets".

Aren't you worried that if you don't specify the semantics, either a) different
people will write and deploy code that interprets the field in different ways,
leading to interoperation problems down the line, or b) you will find that the
syntax you have do not supprt the semantics you need (as is the case with the
current IP TOS field)?

I am getting the feeling that this specification is being thrown together in a
real hurry in an attempt to 'win' some competition. I can't help but feel that
this is the wrong road to take to produce a great design....

	Noel