Re: [rtcweb] #13: Transport of DATA_CHANNEL_OPEN

Harald Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no> Fri, 26 April 2013 05:30 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] #13: Transport of DATA_CHANNEL_OPEN
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On 04/25/2013 07:28 AM, Matthew Kaufman (SKYPE) wrote:
>
> It is a much simpler question as there's only a couple of options 
> left... how about we throw it on the floor? That seems safest to me.
>
> I'd still love to hear why it is "needed" though.
>

The fact that Matthew doesn't want to accept the arguments for why it is 
needed doesn't seem relevant to me.

I think people have said enough times that they see value in the label 
concept, and they want some way to carry it. The OPEN message is a 
simple way to fill that need (and also makes some other aspects of setup 
simpler than they would otherwise be).