Re: [rtcweb] Call for Consensus Regarding Selecting Recommended Audio Codecs

Adam Roach <adam@nostrum.com> Mon, 31 December 2012 17:04 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] Call for Consensus Regarding Selecting Recommended Audio Codecs
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On 12/31/12 10:50, Randell Jesup wrote:
> On 12/27/2012 11:32 AM, Harald Alvestrand wrote:
>> Speaking as an individual:
>>
>> I am putting my name on 2), because I believe RECOMMENDED is too 
>> strong for secondary codecs.
>
> I am also voting for 2) for similar reasons (and in fact I'd probably 
> vote against a "SHOULD" also).
>

FWIW, RFC 2119 defines these terms to mean exactly the same thing:

     3. SHOULD   This word, or the adjective "RECOMMENDED", mean...

/a