Re: [sipcore] draft-ietf-sipcore-rfc4244bis-11: ABNF backward compatibility

[Paul Kyzivat <[e-mail]>]

On 10/4/13 2:00 PM, Dale R. Worley wrote:
> However, we should carefully consider what we are doing here.  All the
> recent versions, from -06 to -11, use the "hi-targeted-to-uri =
> addr-spec / name-addr" syntax.  The WGLCs seem to have been on the -06
> and -09 versions.  So we're on thin ice here, changing a significant
> technical element of the draft.  What do the chairs think, officially?

I think this flew under the radar and most people didn't even realize it 
was changed. I personally was in favor of the change just for reasons of 
consistency, but hadn't recognized the backward compatibility issue.

No functionality is lost here. The only difference the change made was 
to allow "<" and ">" to be omitted in some cases.

The only risk I see is that somebody has *deployed* code that uses 
addr-spec. But since the new version hasn't become an RFC yet I don't 
have a lot of sympathy.

So I think we should be fine with this fix.

	Thanks,
	Paul