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Re: [rtcweb] RTP Usage: Is RTP Retransmission REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED

Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com> Thu, 05 July 2012 16:12 UTC

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From: Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] RTP Usage: Is RTP Retransmission REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED
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On 5 July 2012 09:07, Olle E. Johansson <oej@edvina.net> wrote:
> I really think we should be very careful to REQUIRE implementations to implement
> functions that break this goal.

Don't get me wrong.  I completely agree with this.  I see
retransmission as unnecessary for exactly the same reasons.  I just
wanted to point out that giving up on interoperability is probably
going too far.

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