Re: [rtcweb] Relaxing SDP O/A (was RE: Agenda requests for Atlanta meeting)

Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com> Thu, 18 October 2012 21:22 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] Relaxing SDP O/A (was RE: Agenda requests for Atlanta meeting)
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On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Dale R. Worley <worley@ariadne.com> wrote:
>> From: Harald Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no>
>>
>> But the API never forces the application to send an offer; sending or
>> not sending an offer is strictly the application's responsibility.
>
> Is the API able to report that the far end has rejected the offer?

No. It's able to report that the local end couldn't negotiate but
learning about the far end depends on messaging...

-Ekr