3 May 2010 04:50
Re: Next steps on 4765bis - issue with obsoleting "FEC" yet saying it is ok to use it beyond backward comp.
Ali C. Begen (abegen <abegen <at> cisco.com>
2010-05-03 02:50:12 GMT
2010-05-03 02:50:12 GMT
Hi JF, > I started reviewing the diff between draft-07 and draft-08 but did not finish so I may send more on > Monday 5/3. Sure. > 0) nits > - Use of "old" in Old "FEC" Grouping semantics - you may want to use Deprecated or Obsoleted in the > title of section 4.1 "Obsoleted" sounds good. > 1) Deprecating or not deprecating a=group:FEC? > The new text is ambivalent. It seems to me that your section 4.1 says it is ok to still use/implement > the "old" FEC grouping... when you say > " the "FEC" semantics can be safely used. " > => to me, that means they are not deprecated and are still quite valid to use in certain cases. > This was ok when you were "updating" 4756 but now, it seems awkward. The goal is to obsolete 4756, but also keep a definition of the old semantics in the bis document so that implementations willing to stay backward compatible can infer what to do solely from the bis document. > Proposal: > Could this draft make it clearer in its obsolescence of RFC4756 by: > - first, defining "FEC-XR" and recommending it be used > -> I'd move up section 4.2 and 4.4 > - second, re-defining "FEC" semantics formally (if you maintain the point of 4.1) > -> Use of "FEC" grouping and applicability statement > This section would basically say that implementations MAY/SHOULD implement "FEC" for(Continue reading)
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