Hi,
 
Issue #1
 
Isn't the Allow header enough to indicate support of the INFO method as such?
 
But, empty Info-Xxx headers can of course be used to indicate "Hey, I do 
support the info package feature, but I don't want to send and/or receive 
anything at this moment."
 
 
Issue #2
 
I think we need to remember that there have been RFC 3372/3398 usage 
implementations out there for quite a while, and there are also other SDO 
specifications referring to RFC 3372/3398 for a long time.
 
So, no matter whether we port the RFC 3372/3398 usages or not, I think the 
reality is that implementations are always going to have to support the RFC 
3372/3398 usages.
 
 
Regards,
 
Christer
 
 

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Lähettäjä: [EMAIL PROTECTED] puolesta: Andrew Allen
Lähetetty: la 2.8.2008 16:25
Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected]
Aihe: Re: [Sip] INFO issues: (1) Package Support Detection and (2)InfoPackages 
for Legacy Use




My 2 cents

Issue #1
Yes

Issue #2:
Yes let's register the legacy packages.

It indicates a seriousness about this as an update to INFO for continued usage 
and compliance with the standards usage of that method which hopefully over 
time will cause existing applications to be updated to comply with the new 
negotiation mechanism (similar to the evolution from strict routing to loose 
routing). It will also provide an example of how its done (IANA registration 
template to copy etc). Some message examples using  the mechanism with an 
existing package can also help here too.

Andrew

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Subject: [Sip] INFO issues: (1) Package Support Detection and (2) InfoPackages 
for Legacy Use

The current text states that if a UA does not support receipt of any 
Info Packages, it MUST drop the Info-Recv header.  Likewise, if the UA 
does not support sending any Info Packages, as would be the case if a 
UAS does not support any of the Info Packages offered by the UAC, it 
MUST drop the Info-Send header.

As an extreme example, if a UAS does not want to send any Info 
Packages to a UAC and simultaneously the UAS does not support any of 
the Info Packages offered by the UAC, the UAS will have neither an 
Info-Send nor an Info-Recv header.  In this case, the UAC cannot 
disambiguate between a legacy UAS and an Info Package-aware UAS that 
simply does not want to receive INFO messages.

Issue #1:
Is this a problem?  On the one hand, one could argue a UAS that does 
not support any INFO packages may still support proprietary INFO 
packages or the legacy, standards track INFO usages.  On the other 
hand, one could argue a UAS that supports INFO packages yet does not 
want to process the requested Info Packages needs a way to communicate 
that to the UAC.  In this case, the easiest solution (which also works 
for the legacy interoperability case) is for the UA to include an 
empty Info-Recv or Info-Send header.  Thus the "yes / no" question 
here is,
   Should we change the text to mandate Info Package-aware UAs to use 
empty
   Info-Recv and Info-Send headers to indicate the desire to not 
receive or
   not send Info Packages, respectively?

Issue #2:
If we answer in the affirmative on Issue #1, then we need to port the 
existing, standards track usage of INFO, namely SIP-T (RFC 3372) for 
ISUP and QSIG (RFC 3398).  This has the added benefit of providing 
instant examples of the Info Package framework.  Moreover, it 
populates the IANA registry with meaningful entries.  I would 
volunteer to do that work, unless someone else feels strongly they 
want to do it. Thus the "yes / no" question here is,
   Should we port RFC 3372/3398 to the new Info Package framework, 
finishing to
   coincide with the completion of the Info Package framework?  I.e., 
as a coherent
   whole, yet as two or three separate documents.
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