Re: [rtcweb] Requesting "SDP or not SDP" debate to be re-opened

Robin Raymond <robin@hookflash.com> Wed, 19 June 2013 18:05 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] Requesting "SDP or not SDP" debate to be re-opened
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Why aren't we using the JavaScript object model for control of 
components instead of serializing our control requests via SDP/whatever 
format and hoping that it worked?

-Robin


> Peter Thatcher <mailto:pthatcher@google.com>
> 19 June, 2013 12:49 PM
> I asked "is there something that can't be done without sufficient SDP 
> munging"?  You answered "I have something that can be done with 
> sufficient SDP munging".   OK.  But do you have something that *can't* 
> be done with SDP munging?
>
> If there's nothing that can't be done with SDP munging, then this 
> whole thread boils down to "give us an API that has the same amount of 
> control as the current one, but without requiring SDP munging to do 
> advanced things".  And if that's is what is desired, then at least it 
> can be clear and concise.
>
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