Re: [rtcweb] #13: Transport of DATA_CHANNEL_OPEN

Matthew Kaufman <matthew@matthew.at> Wed, 24 April 2013 15:19 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] #13: Transport of DATA_CHANNEL_OPEN
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On 4/21/2013 10:21 PM, Matthew Kaufman wrote:
> On 4/11/2013 4:04 PM, rtcweb issue tracker wrote:
>> #13: Transport of DATA_CHANNEL_OPEN
>>
>>   Comment on draft-jesup-rtcweb-data-protocol:
>>
>>   All DATA_CHANNEL_OPEN messages MUST be sent reliably and in-order.
>>
>>
>
> Ok, I've read the document and the whole discussion.
>
> Why do we need DATA_CHANNEL_OPEN messages?
>
> I can't understand the value of any of the things in there except 
> possibly the "Label" field, which is allowed to be empty anyway(?)
>

Today's additional messages have failed to answer my question above. If 
there's no answer, then I propose we get rid of it.

Matthew Kaufman