Re: [rohc] New ROHC Milesstones.

[Magnus Westerlund <magnus.westerlund at ericsson.com>]

Carsten Bormann skrev:
> Magnus,
> 
> I agree with all conclusions you have made.
> 
> Let me, however, explain one thing for the record:
> 
>> Regarding the milestone:
>> Feb 2007 - ROHC encapsulation profile(s) for IPHC/CRTP/eCRTP submitted
>> to IESG for publication as Proposed Standard
>>
>> This work was chartered on the 30th of August 2006. The only draft to
>> fulfill the WG item ever submitted was
>> draft-bormann-rohc-avt-crtp-profile-00. It was submitted in March 2007.
>> Since then there has been zero progress on this.
> 
> No progress was needed, since the spec is technically complete.
> I never saw a need to update it.
> 
>> This makes it clear
>> that there are no energy nor interest for this WG item.
> 
> There was lots of energy in 2007!
> Energy trying to kill the idea.
> (I still haven't heard a single technical reason why.)

I think the main argument is technical to the extent that additional
profiles for the same thing do reduce interoperability. But I can see
how people equally interpret that as political.

The motivation for creating CRTP profiles within ROHC was also primarily
political.

> 
>> That is why I
>> will not hesitate a single second to kill that WG item.
> 
> I fully agree.
> 
> (Since one of the specs that might make use of the ROHC-CRTP bridge has
> recently received new interest, I may want to pursue the draft in that
> context.)
> 

Can you expand on this. What do you mean with bridge? A gateway or more
in the meaning of bridging over between ROCH and CRTP?

Cheers

Magnus Westerlund

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