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

Adam Roach <adam@nostrum.com> Tue, 18 June 2013 20:23 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] Requesting "SDP or not SDP" debate to be re-opened
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On 6/18/13 15:15, Ted Hardie wrote:
> Creating something new that accomplishes that and is substantially 
> better than SDP seems like a long task to me. 

Many men have died on that hill. I'm still sad about the colossal time 
and talent sink represented by these 61 pages:

http://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-ietf-mmusic-sdpng-08.txt

I have no reason to think that burning WebRTC down the the ground and 
starting over would produce a different result. If anything, the issues 
are more contentious now than they were in 2005.

/a

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